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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1988
THE ELECTION DEPOSIT HAS BEEN INCREASED TO $4,000 TO $2,000 FOR THE 1985 ELECTIONS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN EFFECT OF THE DEPOSIT.
AS
COMPARED THE DETERRENT
THE UPPER LIMIT OF ELECTION EXPENSES HAS ALSO BEEN INCREASED FROM $10,000 TO $12,000 FOR THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND FROM $30,000 $36,000 FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
TO
ON VOTER REGISTRATION, MR CHAN SAID THAT SOME 61,519 ELECTORS HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN THE FINAL REGISTER TO BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW. THEY WILL ALL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE COMING ELECTIONS.
TO
THERE IS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 14,441 ELECTORS AS COMPARED THE 1985 FIGURES. THE INCREASE COMES MAINLY FROM THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUENCIES:
NEW/EXPANDED
CONSTITUENCIES
1985
1988
SIZE OF INCREASE
ACCOUNTANCY
1,588
1,588
MEDICAL
2.933
3,540
607
HEALTH CARE
10,025
10,025
EXISTING
CONSTITUENCIES
TEACHING
34,182
35,435
1,253
ENGINEERING,
ARCHITECTURAL,
2,314
3,103
789
SURVEYING AND
PLANNING
MOST OF THE OTHER EXISTING INCREASE OVER THE 1985 FIGURES.
CONSTITUENCIES
SHOW A SLIGHT
"DISREGARDING INCREASES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TWO NEW ELECTORAL
MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY.
2,288 ELECTORS (+ FIVE PER CENT),
H
DIVISIONS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE THERE IS STILL AN INCREASE OF MR CHAN SAID.
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