LEGCO SEAT DECLARED VACANT
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MONDAY, JULY 13, 1992
COUNCIL
A FORMAL DECLARATION OF THE VACANCY IN THE LEGISLATIVE CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF MR NG MING-YUM WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY TODAY (MONDAY).
HAD BEEN
IT WAS ALSO NOTIFIED THAT DISTRICT OFFICER, TUEN MUN, APPOINTED RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE BY-ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE VACANCY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WEST CONSTITUENCY WILL BE CALLED FOR BETWEEN JULY 27 AND AUGUST 10 BY SEPARATE NOTICE IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
NOMINATION FORMS WILL BE OBTAINABLE FROM THIS WEDNESDAY (JULY 15) AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND AT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE, HARBOUR CENTRE, 10TH FLOOR, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI,
INTENDING CANDIDATES MUST BE REGISTERED ELECTORS AND HAVE BEEN ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG FOR THE 10 YEARS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE NOMINATION.
A CANDIDATE CAN BE A RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN HONG KONG, BUT HIS NOMINATION MAY ONLY BE SUBSCRIBED BY REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICTS.
EACH NOMINATION REQUIRES 10 SUBSCRIBERS AND EACH SUBSCRIBER MAY GIVE SUPPORT TO ONE CANDIDATE ONLY.
COVERING THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICTS, THE NEW TERRITORIES WEST CONSTITUENCY HAS A REGISTERED ELECTORATE OF 200, 240.
UNLESS THE BY-ELECTION IS UNCONTESTED, A
BY-ELECTION
WILL BE
HELD ON AUGUST 30 (SUNDAY).
GENERAL ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE OF THE REGISTRATION ELECTORAL OFFICE ON 827 4533.
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR MAY RELEASED
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN MAY THIS YEAR, AT $158,101 MILLION, INCREASED BY 20% IN VALUE AS COMPARED WITH MAY LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AT $19,406 MILLION, SHOWED VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 27% TO $57,176 MILLION.
/TAKING DOMESTIC