NOMINATION
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991
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FOR UC/RC ELECTIONS STARTS MONDAY
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NOMINATION OF
CANDIDATES FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL
AND REGIONAL LAST FOR
COUNCIL. ELECTIONS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY (MARCH 11) AND WILL TWO WEEKS UNTIL MARCH 25, THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE MR SUEN SAID CANDIDATES WOULD BE 15 IN THE URBAN COUNCIL CONTESTING 27 SINGLE-SEAT CONSTITUENCIES AREA AND 12 THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.
"WITH
SATISFACTORY THE
CONCLUSION
OF THE DISTRICT BOARD
ELECTIONS LAST SUNDAY, HONG KONG STARTS PREPARING FOR THE SECOND MAJOR ELECTION OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MAY 5 (SUNDAY)," HE SAID.
"ANY REGISTERED ELECTOR WHO HAS BEEN ORDINARILY KONG
PRECEDING FOR THE
IMMEDIATELY 10 YEARS
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RESIDENT IN NOMINATION HONG
TO STAND FOR ELECTION. HE OR SHE CAN BE NOMINATED FOR QUALIFIED CONSTITUENCY, MR SUEN SAID.
IS ANY
AND
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BACH NOMINATION HAS TO BE SUBSCRIBED BY A PROPOSER, A SECONDER TO BE ALL THESE 10 SUBSCRIBERS HAVE ANOTHER EIGHT NOMINATORS.
THE CANDIDATE IS REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH
AS SEEKING ELECTION. EACH SUBSCRIBER MAY ONLY NOMINATE ONE CANDIDATE
HE ADDED. ALL CONSTITUENCIES ARE SINGLE-SEATED,
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BEFORE LODGING HIS NOMINATION PAPER, A CANDIDATE HAD TO PLACE A REFUNDED IF DEPOSIT OF $5,000 WITH THE TREASURY AND THIS WOULD BE HE POLLED NOT LESS THAN FIVE PER CENT OF THE VALID VOTES CAST.
NOMINATION
BE OBTAINED
FROM
FORMS THE
GUIDANCE NOTES FOR AND
AND DISTRICT OFFICES
CANDIDATES COULD
REGISTRATION THE
AND
ELECTORAL OFFICE.
THE
"COMPLETED CANDIDATE OR
RETURNING
OFFICER
NOMINATION PAPERS MUST BE LODGED IN
HIS PROPOSER OF OR ASSISTANT
PERSON BY
SECONDER
THE WITH OFFICER. RETURNING
RESPECTIVE THE DISTRICT
OFFICERS
ARE
OFFICERS RETURNING THE
FOR
IN THE ELECTION
THEIR
RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS HE SAID.
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MR SUKN SAID THE MAXIMUM LIMIT FOR ELECTION EXPENSES FOR ELECTIONS HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM $13,000 TO $70,000 TO KEEP UP INFLATION.
THESE WITH
"
'BOTH THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL, ARE STATUTORY
BETWEEN THEM THEY PROVIDE A VARIETY OF FINANCIALLY AUTONOMOUS BODIES. PUBLIC HEALTH, CULTURAL AND LEISURE SERVICES TO THE ENTIRE OF HONG KONG,
AND
POPULATION
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MORE "THESE SERVICES NOT ONLY ENSURE A CLEANER, HEALTHIER AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR A ATTRACTIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO CREATE
MR SUEN SAID. RICHER AND BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE,
/MR SUEN