TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1988
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR DB ELECTIONS
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE 1988 DISTRICT BOARD WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 8) AND LAST UNTIL FEBRUARY 1.
ELECTIONS
DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR BOWEN LEUNG, URGED PEOPLE WHO ARE KEEN ON SERVING THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD CANDIDATES.
A SPEAKING AT THE 19
TOWARDS
MR
AS
PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY),
LEUNG
DISTRICT BOARDS FOR
MADE HAVING
IMPORTANT IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND CULTIVATING COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN THE DISTRICTS OVER THE PAST YEARS.
PRAISED CONTRIBUTIONS
READILY ACCESSIBLE AND THEIR VIEWS ON DISTRICT
A "THE DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE PROVIDED
ΤΟ VOICE EFFECTIVE CHANNEL FOR RESIDENTS MATTERS AND MAJOR TERRITORY-WIDE ISSUES, HE SAID.
"THE COMING
DISTRICT BOARD
"
ELECTIONS PRESENT A VALUABLE
ΤΟ SERVING THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEVOTED TAKE PART IN THE WORK OF DISTRICT BOARDS, HE ADDED.
ΤΟ
264 ELECTED SEATS WOULD HAVE TWO
BE MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THERE WOULD SPREADING OUT IN THE 157 CONSTITUENCIES OF WHICH 107 VACANCIES WHILE THE REMAINING 50 ARE SINGLE-SEATED.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF EACH DISTRICT HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO
OFFICER FOR HIS ACT AS THE RETURNING
THEY DISTRICT.
WILL ACCEPT THE OFFICE HOURS ON ANY NOMINATIONS DURING
WORKING
DAY. EXCEPT SATURDAY, THROUGHOUT THE NOMINATION PERIOD.
ANY REGISTERED ELECTOR WHO HAS RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR THE 10 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF HIS NOMINATION IS ELIGIBLE
HE CAN STAND FOR TO BE NOMINATED,
CONSTITUENCIES, BUT CONSTITUENCY.
A
CANDIDATE
HE CANNOT BE
ELECTION IN NOMINATED FOR
157 ANY OF THE MORE THAN ONE
BY
WILL NEED TO BE NOMINATED
10 ELECTORS, WHICH INCLUDING ONE PROPOSER AND ONE SECONDER, IN THE CONSTITUENCY IN HE SEEKS ELECTION.
MAKE A THE NOMINATION PAPER OR BY HIS PROPOSER OR
HE MUST ALSO SIGNIFY HIS CONSENT TO THE NOMINATION AND DECLARATION OF QUALIFICATION BEFORE SUBMITTING TO THE RETURNING OFFICER EITHER PERSONALLY, SECONDER.
BEFORE
DELIVERING HIS
NOMINATION
THE RETURNING
DEPOSIT OF
ΤΟ PAPER
ELECTION PLACE AN
OFFICER, THE CANDIDATE IS REQUIRED TO $2,000 WITH THE TREASURY WHICH WILL BE RETURNED TO THE CANDIDATE IF HE VOTES CAST, EVEN 1F HE IS NOT POLLS MORE THAN ONE-EIGHTH OF THE ELECTED.
DOES NOT RXCEED IF THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES VACANCIES FOR A CONSTITUENCY, SUCH CANDIDATE(S) WILL HAVING BEEN ELECTED AND NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE.
THE
BE
NUMBER OF DECLARED
AS
/NOMINATION FORMS ...................