TUESDAY, JAHUARY 25, 1983
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THREE MORE DAYS FOR U.C. NOMINATIONS
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THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MARCH URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS IS NOW ONLY THREE DAYS AWAY.
+NOMINATIONS CLOSE AT 5.30 PM ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 28),
SO THOSE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED SHOULD CONTACT THE IR LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICES FOR NOMINATION FORMS NOW. THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES SAID TODAY.
+ THE ELECTIONS PROVIDE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CAPABLE AND ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
UP TO 5 PM TODAY (TUESDAY), 29 CANDIDATES HAD REGISTERED FOR 14 OF THE 15 CONSTITUENCIES.
THE ONLY CONSTITUENCY FOR WHICH NO CANDIDATE HAS YET BEEN NOMINATED IS KOWLOON CITY EAST, WHICH HAS AN ELECTORATE OF 41 812, MR BARNES SAID.
FOUR OTHER CONSTITUENCIES
CENTRAL AND WESTERN, WAN CHAI,
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KWUN TONG WEST AND WONG TAI SIN SOUTH HAVE ONLY ONE CANDIDATE EACH.
THE REMAINING 10 CONSTITUENCIES ARE BEING CONTESTED BY BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR CANDIDATES EACH.
MR BARNES REITERATED THAT ANYONE WHO IS A REGISTERED ELECTOR AND WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS MAY STAND FOR ELECTION. HE HOPED THAT MANY MORE CANDIDATES WOULD COME FORWARD.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS ARE BEING HELD ON A CONSTITUENCY BASIS. A TOTAL OF 708 119 RESIDENTS IN THE URBAN AREAS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS.
HONG KONG EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION MOYES TO TSIM SHA TSUI EAST
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THE GROWTH OF THE HONG KONG EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (ECIC) WAS ILLUSTRATED BY COMPARING ITS $3.8 BILLION INSURED TURNOVER AND ISSUE OF 1 200 POLICIES IN 1981/82, WITH ITS FIRST YEAR TURNOVER OF 260 MILLION AND 83 POLICIES ISSUED IN 1966/67.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR BILL DORWARD WHEN OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE ECIC NEW OFFICES AT SOUTH SEA CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
/+THE FACT .............