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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1985
THE APPOINTEES, ALL EXECUTIVE COUNCILLORS OF THE KUK, ARE MR LAU HON-KIT, AGED 47, FROM THE KUK'S TAI PO CONSTITUENCY, MR TANG CHI-LEÚNG, 61, FROM THE YUEN LONG CONSTITUENCY AND MR YOUNG WING-YAU, 76, FROM THE SOUTH CONSTITUENCY.
MR LAU, A MERCHANT,
IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE AND A MEMBER OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD.
MR TANG, ALSO A MERCHANT, IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KAM TIN RURAL HE SITS ON COMMITTEE AND A MEMBER OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF A NUMBER OF LOCAL SPORTS AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS.
MR YOUNG, AN INDUSTRIALIST, IS AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD.
THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL CONSISTS OF 24 MEMBERS - 12 JF WHOM ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. NINE OF THE OTHER 12 ARE ELECTED BY EACH OF THE NINE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS WHILE THE REMAINING THREE ARE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS WHO ARE THE CHAIRMAN AND THE TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN OF HEUNG YEE KUK.
ONE OF THE MAIN TASKS OF THE PROVISIONAL RC IS TO PREPARE FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN APRIL NEXT YEAR. ANOTHER 12 MEMBERS, WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY ELECTED FROM THE CONSTITUENCIES IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS IN MARCH NEXT YEAR, WILL JOIN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
6 570 LATE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
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UP TO 4 PM TODAY (THURSDAY), 6 570 LATE APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS ELECTORS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. AS A RESULT OF THE EARLIER REGISTRATION EXERCISE, 34 531 ELECTORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROVISIONAL REGISTER PUBLISHED ON JUNE 21.
A STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN IS AS FOLLOWS:
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
NUMBER OF ELECTORS ON PROVISIONAL REGISTER
LATE
APPLICATION
ESTIMATED SIZE OF ELECTORATE
(REVISED)
434
428
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