THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1983
NOMINATION FOR DB BY-ELECTIONS OPENS
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NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRST BY-ELECTIONS SINCE DISTRICT BOARDS WERE FORMED WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (APRIL 8) FOR TWO WEEKS. A CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY,
THE BY-ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 12 TO FILL TWO SEATS ON THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARDS WHICH HAVE BECOME VACANT FOLLOWING THE ELECTION OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE URBAN COUNCIL LAST MONTH.
THEY ARE MR KWAN LIM-HO OF QUARRY BAY CONSTITUENCY AND MR JOSEPH CHAN OF TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN CONSTITUENCY.
ANYONE WHO HAS REGISTERED AS AN ELECTOR AND HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS IS QUALIFIED FOR NOMINATION AS A CANDIDATE IN EITHER ONE CONSTITUENCY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
A CANDIDATE MUST BE NOMINATED BY 10 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CONSTITUENCY WHERE HE SEEKS ELECTION, AND A DEPOSIT OF $1 000 IS REQUIRED.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT GOVERNMENT WELCOMED PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO BECOME DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AS LONG AS THEY WERE GENUINELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT DISTRICT AND COULD OFFER CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS ON DISTRICT REFORMS.
+THE DISTRICT BOARD SYSTEM HAS BEEN SET UP AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC SO THAT THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE CAN BE BETTER REFLECTED TO GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING POLICY DECISIONS, HE SAID.
NOMINATION PAPERS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, THE CNTA HEADQUARTERS AND THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE AND SHOULD BE RETURNED NOT LATER THAN APRIL 22.
A CANDIDATE MAY PROMOTE HIMSELF THROUGH TELEVISION, RADIO, PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS. BUT THE CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
CANNOT EXCEED $10 000.
THERE ARE 22 155 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE QUARRY BAY CONSTITUENCY AND 9 836 IN THE TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN CONSTITUENCY.
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