THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1985
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DB ELECTIONS
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NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR HONG KONG'S FIRST TERRITORY-WIDE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 7 WILL BE FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO JANUARY 31.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID_AKERS-JONES, TODAY URGED PEOPLE WHO HAVE HONG KONG'S INTEREST AT HEART AND WHO ARE KEEN TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD AS CANDIDATES.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, HE DESCRIBED THE COMING DB ELECTIONS AS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.
+DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR VALUE IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE DISTRICTS AND IN TAKING INITIATIVE TO DISCUSS MAJOR POLICY ISSUES OF TERRITORY-WIDE IMPLICATIONS, + HE SAID.
+MOREOVER, PROPOSALS IN THE WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HAVE OUTLINED THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT THE BOARDS WILL PLAY IN THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
+FOR INSTANCE, LATER THIS YEAR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+AND EACH OF THE NEW DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE CHAIRED BY AN UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBER.+
MR AKERS-JONES BELIEVED THAT THE 237 ELECTED SEATS IN THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD BE KEENLY CONTESTED BY CANDIDATES REPRESENTING MANY SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE ELECTED SEATS WILL BE SPREAD IN THE 145 CONSTITUENCIES 92 WITH TWO VACANCIES EACH AND THE REMAINING 53 BEING SINGLE-MEMBER ONES.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF EACH DISTRICT HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO ACT AS THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR HIS DISTRICT, AND NOMINATION MAY BE MADE DURING OFFICE HOURS ON WEEK DAYS TO THE RETURNING OFFICER CONCERNED.
ANY REGISTERED ELECTOR WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT IN HONG KONG FOR 10 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE NOMINATION DATE CAN QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE ELECTIONS.
WHILE A PERSON CAN BE NOMINATED FOR ANY CONSTITUENCY, HE CANNOT BE NOMINATED TO STAND FOR MORE THAN ONE CONSTITUENCY.
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A CANDIDATE WILL NEED TO BE NOMINATED BY 10 ELECTORS, INCLUDING A PROPOSER AND A SECONDER, IN THE CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH HE SEEKS ELECTION.
/BEFORE SUBMITTING