THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1988
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR LEGCO ELECTIONS BEGINS
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NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THIS YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 22 WILL START TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AND WILL RUN UNTIL AUGUST 16, THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY. MR JJOHN CHAN, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
NOMINATION FORMS AND OBTAINABLE AT DISTRICT OFFICES DIVISION.
GUIDANCE NOTES FOR CANDIDATES ARE AND THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL
DURING THE NOMINATION PERIOD, CANDIDATES MAY LODGE THEIR NOMINATION PAPERS WITH THE RESPECTIVE RETURNING OFFICERS OR ASSISTANT RETURNING OFFICERS DURING OFFICE HOURS ON ANY WORKING DAY OTHER THAN A SATURDAY.
PAPERS CAN BE HANDED IN EITHER IN PERSON BY THE CANDIDATE, OR BY HIS PROPOSER OR SECONDER.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR CHAN EXPLAINED THAT A NUMBER OF DISTRICT OFFICERS HAD BEEN APPOINTED AS RETURNING OFFICERS
SECRETARIES FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES, WHILE THE
OF THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WOULD BE THE RETURNING
THE TWO
SPECIAL CONSTITUENCIES.
OFFICERS
FOR
THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER ( ELECTORAL SERVICES) OF THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION WILL ACT AS THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR ALL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
A CANDIDATE MAY ONLY BE NOMINATED IN ONE CONSTITUENCY AND HIS NOMINATION HAS TO BE SUBSCRIBED BY A PROPOSER AND A SECONDER, AND
THE ANOTHER THREE NOMINATORS IN
CASE OF AN ELECTORAL
OR COLLEGE THE CASE OF SPECIAL CONSTITUENCY AND ANOTHER EIGHT NOMINATORS IN
A
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY.
"ALL SUBSCRIBERS HAVE то BE REGISTERED CONSTITUENCY, AND EACH SUBSCRIBER CAN AT THE MOST NUMBER OF CANDIDATES AS THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN THE CHAN SAID.
WILL BE
ELECTORS IN THE NOMINATE THE
CONSTITUENCY,"
SAMB MR
12
SEATS IN THE CONSTITUENCIES
IN THE SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS, THERE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, ONE EACH FOR THE 10 DISTRICT. BOARD AND TWO SPECIAL CONSTITUENCIES.
ANOTHER 14 MEMBERS WILL BE ELECTED FROM THE NINE FUNCTIONAL
TWO SEATS
ΤΟ COMPARED CONSTITUENCIES. THERE IS AN INCREASE OF
THE AND HEALTH CARE ELECTIONS IN 1985, ONE EACH FOR THE NEW ACCOUNTANCY
DIVISIONS. ELECTORAL
IN ADDITION, THE FRANCHISE OF THE MEDICAL ELECTORAL DIVISION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER DENTISTS.
THE ELECTION