MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1983
POLLING DAY TOMORROW
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THE BIGGEST EVER URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) WHEN MORE THAN 568 000 REGISTERED ELECTORS WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE TO REPRESENT THEIR INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCY ON THE COUNCIL.
VOTING WILL LAST 16 HOURS, FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM, AT ALL THE 134 POLLING STATIONS IN THE 12 CONSTITUENCIES WHERE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD.
THE 12 CONSTITUENCIES ARE CENTRAL AND WESTERN, NORTH POINT, SHAU KEI WAN, SOUTHERN, KOWLOON CITY WEST, KOWLOON CITY EAST, KWUN TONG EAST, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO EAST, SHAM SHUI PO WEST, WONG TAI SIN NORTH AND YAU MA TEI.
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, URGED ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE 12 CONSTITUENCIES TO CAST THE IR VOTES AT TOMORROW'S ELECTIONS.
VOTING WILL BE A SIMPLE PROCESS AND SHOULD NOT TAKE MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES.
+ALL THAT AN ELECTOR NEEDS TO DO IS TO GO TO HIS POLLING STATION ANY TIME BETWEEN 7 AM AND 11 PM TOMORROW AND SHOW HIS IDENTITY CARD TO THE POLLING STAFF,+ HE SAID.
+AFTER VERIFICATION OF THE ELECTOR'S IDENTITY, HE WILL BE GIVEN A BALLOT PAPER ON WHICH TO RECORD HIS VOTE.
+THE CORRECT WAY TO VOTE IS TO MARK A CROSS (X) ON THE BALLOT PAPER IN THE SPACE PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ALL ELECTORS SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY CANNOT VOTE FOR MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE.
+ IF A MISTAKE IS MADE ON A BALLOT PAPER, THE ELECTOR SHOULD RETURN IT TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER WHO WILL CANCEL IT AND GIVE HIM A FRESH BALLOT PAPER.
+VOTING IS BY SECRET BALLOT. EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF HANDICAPPED ELECTORS WHO WILL BE ASSISTED BY PRESIDING OFFICERS, NO ONE WILL KNOW FOR WHICH CANDIDATE AN ELECTOR HAS GIVEN HIS VOTE.
+ THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF A POLLING STATION WILL ASSIST ELECTORS WHO ARE BLIND, ILLITERATE OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED. ALL PRESIDING OFFICERS ARE BOUND BY OATH TO MAINTAIN SECRECY OF VOTING.+
MR BRAY SAID ALL THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE 12 CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A POLL CARD FROM THE REGISTRATION OFFICER TELLING THEM WHERE THEIR POLLING STATIONS ARE.
/IP MITY