WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1994
7
1995 LEGCO ELECTIONS NEW REGULATION
FOR REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
* * * * *
THE
MADE A NEW BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (BEC) HAS
THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS IN FUNCTIONAL REGULATION FOR CONSTITUENCIES (FCS) AND THE ELECTION COMMITTEE CONSTITUENCY (ECC) FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (LEGCO) ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
IS REGULATION THE (REGISTRATION OF COMMITTEE CONSTITUENCY) REGULATION.
THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION AND ELECTION (FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ELECTORS)
BEC HAS REGISTRATION OF AMENDMENTS ARE
REGULATION EXISTING ALSO AMENDED ITS ELECTORS IN GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES. CONTAINED
AND IN THE BOUNDARY
ELECTION (GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES)
FOR THE THESE COMMISSION (AMENDMENT}
THE
(REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (NO.2) REGULATION.
BOTH REGULATIONS WILL BE GAZETTED ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 11).
THE NEW LEGCO NEXT YEAR WILL BE MADE UP OF 60 SEATS; 20 ELECTED FROM GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES, 30 FROM FCS AND 10 FROM ECC.
IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING 21 FC SEATS, THERE WILL BE NINE NEW
2.7 FC
MILLION WORKING SEATS WITH THE FRANCHISE WHICH COVERS ALL
REMUNERATION PERSONS ENGAGED IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG FOR
VOTERS IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS.
SPEAKING
(WEDNESDAY),
THE BEC
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY CHAIRMAN, MR JUSTICE WOO KWOK-HING, SAID EVERY WORKING PERSON WOULD BE ENTITLED то TWO
ONE FOR AT NEXT
LEGCO ELECTIONS: VOTES
YEAR'S GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY AND THE OTHER FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY.
A MAJOR
REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WILL VOTER
BE LAUNCHED FROM
JANUARY TO MAY IN 1995.
MR JUSTICE WOO SAID A SIMPLE PROCEDURE WOULD BE INTRODUCED THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS IN THE NINE NEW FCS.
FOR
THE EXERCISE WILL START WITH THE REGISTRATION OFFICER TO EMPLOYERS FOR INFORMATION ON THEIR MAIN LINE OF BUSINESS AND ON THE A CERTAIN NAMES AND IDENTITY CARD NUMBERS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AS OF DATE.
WRITING
EACH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE WHO IS ALREADY REGISTERED ON THE GENERAL OF ELECTORAL ROLL (GER) WILL RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION WHICH ADVISES HIM THE NEW FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH HE WOULD BE REGISTERED. HE HAS NO OBJECTION, THERE IS NO NEED FOR HIM TO DO ANYTHING AND HE WILL BE REGISTERED ACCORDINGLY.
IF
FURTHER
HE CAN, OF COURSE, CHOOSE NOT TO BE REGISTERED AS A FC ELECTOR.
DECLARE
OR
HE
THERE ARE ALSO PROVISIONS TO ALLOW A WORKING PERSON TO ANY CHANGE IN HIS CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR EXAMPLE, CHANGE OF EMPLOYER, TO MAKE A CHOICE OF HIS FC BY COMPLETING A NEW APPLICATION FORM IF IS ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION IN MORE THAN ONE FC.
/THE DETERMINATION