WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1935
SIR DAVID INSPECTS FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS
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SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF SECRETARY, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION BRANCH TO INSPECT THE FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS FOR THE COMING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
THE FINAL REGISTER WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 2 AND CONTAINED THE PARTICULARS OF 433 MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND 46 653 ENTRIES OF ELECTORS REGISTERED IN THE 11 FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTORAL DIVISIONS.
THERE ARE 5 137 CORPORATE ELECTORS AND 41 516 ELECTORS WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS. ALL THESE ELECTORS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 26.
ON HAND TO RECEIVE SIR. DAVID WERE THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (ELECTORAL SERVICES), MR LEE LAP-SUN, AND THE REGISTRATION OFFICER, MR LAI KWAN-TAT. SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED ON THE DIVISION'S ROLE AND THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMING ELECTIONS AND ON PROGRESS MADE IN RELATION TO NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.
ABOUT 450 CIVIL SERVANTS WILL BE RECRUITED TO MAN 50 POLLING STATIONS AND ONE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION.
UP TO THIS AFTERNOON 17 PERSONS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO STAND AS CANDIDATES IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES BUT ONLY SIX FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE HAVE HANDED IN THEIR NOMINATION PAPERS.
THE INSPECTION OF THE FINAL REGISTER BY SIR DAVID IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVES) REGULATIONS.
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