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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1985
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LEGCO ELECTION POLLING STATION LISTS PUBLISHED
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LISTS OF POLLING STATIONS AND POLLING HOURS DESIGNATED FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 26, ARE PUBLISHED IN A GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY TODAY (FRIDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION EXPLAINED THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE VENUE FOR EACH ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY TO SERVE AS BOTH POLLING STATION AND COUNTING STATION. AS POLLING WILL BE BY REPEATED BALLOT THE FIRST POLL WILL BE HELD BETWEEN 10 AM AND 10.30 AM, TO BE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY COUNTING,
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SUBSEQUENT POLLS, IF REQUIRED, WILL BE CONDUCTED 45 MINUTES AFTER THE DECLARATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING POLL. ALL POLLS WILL BE OF 30-MINUTE DURATION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT POLLING WOULD BE CONCLUDED IN MOST CASES IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THIRTY-EIGHT POLLING STATIONS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR HOLDING THE ELECTIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 11 FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTORAL DIVISIONS.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE TEACHING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY, WHICH TAKES UP 73 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED ELECTORS IN ALL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, WILL BE SERVED BY 21 POLLING STATIONS THROUGHOUT. THE TERRITORY. THE MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY WILL HAVE THREE POLLING STATIONS IN MAJOR GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND ONE IN THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PREMISES. THE OTHER FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WHICH HAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ELECTORS WILL BE SERVED BY ONE TO TWO POLLING STATIONS.
THE POLLING HOURS FOR MOST FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WILL RUN FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM. LONGER HOURS, FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM, ARE PROVIDED FOR THE TEACHING AND MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO SUIT THE WORKING HOURS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ONE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM FOR ALL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. IT WILL OPERATE FROM 7 PM UNTIL ALL ELECTION RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE AND DECLARED.
REGISTERED ELECTORS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF WHERE AND WHEN THEY ARE TO VOTE IN THE COMING ELECTIONS BY THE ISSUE OF POLL CARDS BY THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION AROUND SEPTEMBER 9.
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