WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1988
DCS APPEALS FOR GOOD TURNOUT OF VOTERS IN LEGCO POLLING
THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY, MR JOHN CHAN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES TO VOTE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
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"I APPEAL TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TO CAST THEIR VOTES, MR CHAN SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE.
"THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS A KEY PART OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE, AND TOMORROW'S VOTING WILL BE THE CLIMAX OF THIS YEAR'S ELECTION, HE SAID.
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MR CHAN EXPLAINED THAT THE VOTING PROCEDURE FOR THE NEARLY 17,000 REGISTERED ELECTORS IS SIMPLE: JUST BRING ALONG YOUR POLL CARD AND IDENTITY CARD, AND GO TO THE POLLING STATION SPECIFIED ON THE POLL CARD AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE POLL."
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POLLING STATIONS ARE CONVENIENTLY HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THEM, HE SAID.
POLL CARDS WERE POSTED TO ALL THE REGISTERED ELECTORS ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE ELECTIONS.
"THOSE ELECTORS WHO WISH ΤΟ ENQUIRE ABOUT THEIR PARTICULARS OR THE VOTING PROCEDURE ARE REQUESTED TO HOT-LINE 5-8653911 WHICH WILL BE MANNED FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MR CHAN SAID.
ELECTORAL CALL THE TOMORROW,
A TOTAL OF 16 CANDIDATES HAVE DEEN NOMINATED VALIDLY FOR THE ELECTIONS. 26 IN 12 ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES AND 20 IN 13 FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
DECLARED ELECTED COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES AND
THIRTEEN OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN UNOPPOSED, THEY ARE FROM THREE ELECTORAL NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
THE REMAINING 33 CANDIDATES ARE CONTESTING A TOTAL OF 13 SEATS IN NINE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES AND FOUR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
A TOTAL OF 27 POLLING STATIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THEY WILL BE MANNED BY 115 STAFF DRAWN FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
MR CHAN EXPLAINED THAT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NATURF OF TER VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES, DIFFERENT POLLING HOURS HAVE BEEN SFT.
IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, POLLING HOURS WILL BE FROM 10 11 AM FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES AND FROM 2.30 3.30 PM FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCY.
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