THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1993
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ELECTORAL REGISTRATION FOR 93 PUBLISHED
THE FINAL ELECTORAL REGISTER FOR 1993 HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE AND RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
THE FINAL REGISTER CARRIES 1,944,680 ENTRIES, REPRESENTING A NET INCREASE OF 10,859 ELECTORS OVER 1992.
THE GROSS FIGURES FOR ADDITIONS AND OMISSIONS ARE RESPECTIVELY 36,194 AND 25,335; AND THE OVERALL REGISTRATION RATE REMAINS AT 52.4% (52.5% IN 1992).
THE MOVEMENT OF POPULATION FROM THE URBAN AREA ΤΟ THE NEW TERRITORIES CONTINUES, AND ACCOUNTS FOR A NET INCREASE OF 23,226 ELECTORS IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA AND A NET REDUCTION OF 12,367 ELECTORS IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA.
THE TOTAL REGISTERED ELECTORATE IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA STANDS AT 805,773 (48.7% OF TERRITORY TOTAL) AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA AT 1,138,907 (55.7% OF TERRITORY TOTAL).
THE FINAL REGISTER FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS ALSO BEEN PUBLISHED WITH 70,400 ENTRIES. THERE IS A NET INCREASE OF 424 ELECTORS OVER LAST YEAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THEY ARE ON: THE 1993 FINAL REGISTER OF GENERAL ELECTION ROLL, CHANGES IN THE SIZE OF THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL AND THE 1993 FINAL REGISTER OF THE LEGCO ELECTORAL ROLL FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
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