WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989
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ELECTORS URGED TO CAST VOTES TOMORROW
THE
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THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, (WEDNESDAY) APPEALED TO TODAY
MILLION
IN THE ELECTORS OF THEIR CHOICE CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES IN TOMORROW'S URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS.
AT VOTING WILL BEGIN AT 7.30 AM WILL CLOSE AT 10.30 PM.
245 POLLING
STATIONS
WHICH
A TELEPHONE HOTLINE, 5-8653911, HAS BEEN SET UP TO QUESTIONS THAT ELECTORS MAY WISH TO ASK.
ANSWER ANY
THE URBAN
TWENTY-SIX CANDIDATES WILL BE VYING FOR 11 SEATS IN COUNCIL, AND 20 OTHERS FOR NINE SEATS IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
SEVEN OTHER CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN DECLARED ELECTED UNCONTESTED FOUR TO THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THREE TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
THAT SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, MR SUEN POINTED OUT
WOULD BE THE TOMORROW'S ELECTIONS
THIRD OF THE CURRENT SET OF
ELECTIONS WITHIN A YEAR.
"HOWEVER, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT REGISTERED ELECTORS WILL REPRESENTATIVES FOR REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING THEIR CHOICE OF
IN THE DEVELOPMENT THE THREE LEVELS OF THE SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT
COUNCILS REGIONAL OF HONG KONG, AND THE PART THE URBAN AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR DAILY LIFE," HE SAID.
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"SO I CALL ON ALL REGISTERED ELECTORS TO SPARE A LITTLE
CALL THEIR TIME TOMORROW TO CAST THEIR VOTES. THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS DESERVE THEIR SUPPORT.
MR SUEN NOTED THAT THE VOTING PROCEDURE WAS SIMPLE AND QUICK.
"ALL AN ELECTOR HAS TO DO IS TO MAKE UP HIS MIND CANDIDATE IS THE MOST SUITABLE CHOICE.
AS
TO WHICH
TO 'HE SHOULD THEN BRING ALONG HIS POLL CARD AND IDENTITY CARD
MARK A CROSS HIS DESIGNATED POLLING STATION, OBTAIN A BALLOT PAPER,
UP THE BALLOT IN THE BOX AGAINST THE CANDIDATE OF HIS CHOICE, PAPER AND PUT IT IN THE BALLOT BOX."
FOLD
BALLOT FOR THOSE ELECTORS WHO ARE UNABLE TO MARK THEIR
THEMSELVES, SUCH AS HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, MR OFFICERS OR THEIR ASSISTANTS AT THE POLLING STATIONS TO HELP.
SUEN SAID
THE WOULD
PAPERS PRESIDING BE READY
/HE SAID