SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1994
NOMINATION FOR DB ELECTIONS TO START TOMORROW
NOMINATION
ELECTIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD SEPTEMBER WILL START TOMORROW (MONDAY) AND LAST UNTIL AUGUST 15.
CANDIDATE
IN
IN
ASSISTANT DURING OFFICE
NOMINATION MUST BE HANDED IN BY THE NOMINATED PERSON AND RECEIVED BY THE RETURNING OFFICER OR ONE OF HIS
OFFICERS AT THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICE RETURNING HOURS ON ANY DAY OTHER THAN A GENERAL HOLIDAY OR A SATURDAY,
BE OF DELIVERY OF NOMINATIONS MAY MEANS ANOTHER APPLICATION TO THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER.
ALLOWED
ON
FORMS
OF NOMINATION MAY BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE DURING OFFICE
ANY HOURS ON
DAY OTHER THAN A GENERAL HOLIDAY FROM THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE (REO), 10TH FLOOR, HARBOUR CENTRE, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, OR ANY DISTRICT OFFICE.
AN REO SPOKESMAN SAID IN RESPECT OF EACH CONSTITUENCY, THE NUMBER OF VALIDLY NOMINATED CANDIDATE WAS LESS THAN TWO, WOULD BE HELD ON THE ELECTION DAY ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1994.
UNLESS A POLL
THERE
BE WILL
A TOTAL OF 346 SINGLE-SEAT
BOARD DISTRICT
OPEN FOR CONSTITUENCIES
NOMINATION. IN THE 1991 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 274 SEATS FROM 210 CONSTITUENCIES.
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PUBLICATION OF 1994 FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS
THE
1994 FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS FOR GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES WILL BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW (MONDAY), AND IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICES DURING OFFICE HOURS ON ANY WORKING DAY.
THERE ARE 2.45 MILLION ELECTORS ON THE NEWLY PUBLISHED GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL.
THESE INCLUDE THE 520,000 NEWLY REGISTERED ELECTORS RECRUITED FROM THIS YEAR'S VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ON JULY 1, OF WHICH 108,000 ARE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 18 AND 21 YEARS, ELECTORS WHO HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE LOWERING OF THE VOTING AGE TO 18.
ABOUT 13,000 ELECTORS HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM THIS YEAR'S FINAL REGISTER. THESE ARE MAINLY CASES OF DEATH AND CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE REGISTRATION OFFICER.
THE SIZE OF THE ELECTORATE IN 1994 REPRESENTS SOME 26 PER CENT INCREASE COMPARED WITH THE 1.94 MILLION IN 1993. THE REGISTRATION RATE HAS ALSO SOARED FROM LAST YEAR'S 52 PER CENT TO THIS YEAR'S 62 PER CENT.
ELECTORS WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE 1994 FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AT THE FORTHCOMING DISTRICT BOARD ORDINARY ELECTIONS то BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18, AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ORDINARY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN MARCH 1995.
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