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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1980
UC ELECTORAL REGISTRATION CYCLE BEGINS
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THE BIENNIAL URBAN COUNCIL ELECTORAL REGISTRATION CYCLE WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 15).
PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE CURRENT FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 1979 NEED NOT APPLY AGAIN.
NEW VOTERS WHO WISH TO ADD THEIR NAMES TO THE ELECTORAL ROLL MAY OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES- DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OFFICES OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE REGISTRIES AND POST OFFICE ENQUIRY COUNTERS.
QUALIFIED ELECTORS MAY REGISTER BY POST UP TO JUNE 15 THIS
YEAR.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION AS AN URBAN COUNCIL ELECTOR, A PERSON MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER, HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND QUALIFY UNDER ONE OF THE 23 CATEGORIES IN THE FRANCHISE.
THE 23 CATEGORIES IN THE EXISTING FRANCHISE ENCOMPASS A WIDE RANGE OF QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONS. THEY INCLUDE SCHOOL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES, TAXPAYERS, RATEPAYERS, CIVIL SERVANTS, TEACHERS, DOCTORS, NURSES AND MIDWIVES, MEMBERS OF VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY SERVICES.
DURING THE FORTHCOMING REGISTRATION CYCLE, THE POTENTIAL ELECTORS WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF SELECTING FROM AMONG THE 13 DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS ONE STATION OF THEIR OWN CHOICE.
FOR REGISTERED ELECTORS, THE POLL CARD WHICH EACH ELECTOR RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY 1979 INDICATED THE POLLING STATION AT WHICH HE IS ENTITLED TO CAST HIS VOTE.
MR KUO KET-CHEN, REGISTRATION OFFICER FOR THE 1980 URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION REGISTRATION, SAID TODAY, +BECAUSE SOME OF THE POLLING STATIONS HAVE CHANGED ADDRESSES, SOME REGISTERED ELECTORS MAY HAVE TO VOTE AT A NEW STATION,+
THE REGISTRATION OFFICER WILL NOTIFY BY POST THE AFFECTED ELECTORS INDIVIDUALLY OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING THE IR POLLING STATIONS.
REGISTERED ELECTORS WHO WISH TO CHANGE POLLING STATIONS SHOULD LODGE A NOTICE OF CHANGE OF POLLING STATION WITH THE REGISTRATION OFFICE NOT LATER THAN JUNE 15 THIS YEAR. THE NOTICE SHOULD BE GIVEN ON FORM 7, WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE ELECTORAL AND JURY SECTION, REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE, ON 7TH FLOOR, KA CHEONG BUILDING, 4 SUNNING ROAD, HONG KONG.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGISTRATION MATTERS OR APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF POLLING STATIONS CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE AT 5-769567 OR 5-765912.
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