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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1982
CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS FACTOR IES
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED A COMPUTER COMPONENTS MANUFACTURER AND AN OPTICAL FACTORY IN KWUN TONG.
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ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR BILL DORWARD, SIR PHILIP ARRIVED AT DATAPRODUCTS (HK) LTD. HOW MING STREET WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, MR HOWARD ROSE.
THE COMPANY, OWNED BY DATAPRODUCTS CORPORATION OF THE UNITED STATES, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1970, AND PRODUCES COMPUTER PRINTERS COMPONENTS AND MEMORY SYSTEMS FÖR EXPORT TO THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE AND JAPAN.
SIR PHILIP ALSO VISITED UNIVERSAL OPTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. AT HO1 BUN ROAD, WHERE HE WAS GREETED BY THE COMPANY'S PRESIDENT, MR MASAKAZU SHIMIZU.
SET UP IN 1967, UNIVERSAL OPTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF YASHICA CO. LTD. OF JAPAN. ITS PRODUCTS CAMERAS AND FLASH LIGHTS ARE EXPORTED TO JAPAN. THE UNITED STATES, WEST GERMANY, EUROPE, BRITAIN AND SOUTH EAST ASIA,
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NOMINATION OF ELECTION CANDIDATES ****
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AND WILL END ON FEBRUARY 9. ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 4.
THE EIGHT NT DISTRICTS WHICH WILL HAVE ELECTED MEMBERS ARE ISLANDS, NORTH, SAI KUNG, SHA TIN, TAI PO, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG, SEATS WILL BE HELD FOR 46 CONSTITUENCIES.
GENERALLY, THERE ARE ONLY TWO QUALIFICATIONS FOR SOMEONE TO STAND AS CANDIDATE: HE MUST BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR HIMSELF AND MUST HAVE ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR 10 OR MORE YEARS.
A CANDIDATE WILL HAVE TO BE NOMINATED BY 10 ELECTORS, INCLUDING A PROPOSER AND A SECONDER, IN THE CONSTITUENCY_FOR WHICH HE SEEKS ELECTION. HOWEVER IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR HIM TO LIVE IN THE SAME CONSTITUENCY.
THE CANDIDATE WILL ALSO HAVE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT OF $1 000 WHICH WILL BE FORFEITED IF HE FAILED TO GET ELECTED AND HAD LESS THAN ONE-EIGHTH OF THE VOTES CAST.
FORMS TO MAKE NOMINATION AND TO DECLARE ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION WILL BE OBTAINABLE AT ANY NT OR CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND FROM THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE ON THE 18TH FLOOR OF NEW MERCURY HOUSE, 22 FENWICK STREET, WAN CHAI.
AN EXPLANATORY LEAFLET CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED AT THESE PLACES AND A DETAILED BRIEFING WILL BE ARRANGED FOR CANDIDATES BY THE RETURNING OFFICER AFTER THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS.
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