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PRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1985
+ALL AN MR LEE POINTED OUT THAT REGISTRATION IS QUITE SIMPLE. INDIVIDUAL HAS TO DO IS TO FILL IN HIS NAME, IDENTITY CARD NUMBER, HOME ADDRESS, BUSINESS ADDRESS, AN INDICATION OF WHETHER OR NOT HE IS A REGISTERED ELECTOR FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, AND THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY AND MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATION. AN ORGANISATION WILL, AMONG OTHER THINGS, BE REQUIRED TO APPOINT AN AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE. THE REGISTRATION FORM IS COMPLETE WITH A RETURN ADDRESS AND IS POSTAGE FREE FOR DELIVERY, HE SAID.
+A PROVISIONAL REGISTER WILL BE COMPILED FOR PUBLICATION
ANY OBJECTIONS SHOULD BE FILED AND PUBLIC INSPECTION ON JUNE 21. IN BY JULY 1. LATE APPLICATION, IF ANY, MAY ALSO BE MADE DURING THIS PERIOD, MR LEE ADDED.
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THE ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE A NEW ROLL, SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL WHICH CONTAINS 1.4 MILLION ELECTORS FOR DISTRICT BOARD AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
IN CONTRAST, THE NEW ROLL IS EXPECTED TO CONTAIN NO MORE THAN 80 000 ENTRIES. SEPARATED INTO TWO PARTS, THIS ELECTORAL ROLL WILL CONTAIN PARTICULARS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES AND MEMBERS OF THE NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
AS STIPULATED IN THE WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND REPEATED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS COMPOSED OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
THE URBAN COUNCIL AND PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL EACH FORM A SPECIAL CONSTITUENCY WHILE THE DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE BEEN GROUPED INTO TEN DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES. EACH CONSTITUENCY WILL RETURN ONE ELECTED MEMBER TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES DIVIDED UP INTO 11 DIVISIONS, WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES EACH HAVING TWO DIVISIONS. APART FROM THE LABOUR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY WHICH WILL RETURN TWO ELECTED MEMBERS. EACH OF THE OTHER FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY (OR DIVISION) WILL RETURN ONE ELECTED MEMBER, MAKING A TOTAL OF 12.
MR MACCULLOCH EXPLAINED THAT THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES COULD BE BROADLY CATEGORISED AS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. THEY ARE MADE UP OF VOTING MEMBERS OF MAJOR LOCAL ORGANISATIONS INSTITUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS IN REPRESENTATIVE PROFESSIONS, HE SAID.
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