MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1988
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17,000 HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE
ABOUT 17,000 REGISTERED VOTERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 22.
A TOTAL OF 46 CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED VALIDLY, 26 IN 12 ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES AND 20 IN 13 FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
THIRTEEN OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN DECLARED ELECTED UNOPPOSED IN THREE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES AND NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY, MR JOHN CHAN, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 21) TO APPEAL TO REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY, MR JOHN CHAN, ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 21).
THE PRESS CONFERENCE, BEGINNING AT 11 AM WILL BE HELD IN GYNASIUM II ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IN OI KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI. GYM II WILL BE SET UP AS A PRESS CENTRE PROVIDING FACILITES FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE ELECTIONS.
THE CONFERENCE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE ARENA WHERE COUNTING OF VOTES WILL TAKE PLACE ON ELECTION DAY.
MEANWHILE, A SET OF PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE LATER TODAY.
COVERAGE OF THE GIS PRESS BOXES
NEW CHAIRMAN OF MTRC NAMED
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF MR HAMISH T. MATHERS AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION UPON THE RETIREMENT OF THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN, NEWTON, ON MARCH 31 NEXT YEAR.
MR MATHERS, AGED 55, IS SCOTLAND WHERE HE SPENT THE ENGINEERING.
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