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The total electorate of the geographical constituencies will increase from 2.45 million to 2.56 million. This follows about 229,000 new 'applications on the one hand, and on the other the deletion of about 114,000 out-dated and inaccurate entries.
A total of 283 electors are registered in the Election Committee constituency which is constituted by district board members.
For the nine new functional constituencies (FCs), more than 1.05 million working persons are registered to vote in the September Legislative Council elections, some 42 per cent of the potential electorate.
said.
"Mind you, we start the registration for new FCs from scratch," Mr Justice Woo
For the old FCs, there are more electors in each of the 10 old FCs representing professional sectors and the total electorate in these seats is up by about 14 per cent or 9,102 people.
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There will be 22.5 per cent more electors in the 10 old FCs where individual electors have replaced corporate electors - up to 10,195 from 8,325 in 1994.
The Chairman said members of the public might lodge with the Registration Officer an objection as regards any entry or a claim in respect of the entry or any omission concerning himself in the register before July 5.
Cases of objections and claims will be referred to the Revising Officer for determination. The Revising Officer is a member of the Judiciary. His decisions will be included in the Final Register to be published on August 1.
The Provisional Register will also be available for public inspection later this week at the following offices until July 5:
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District Offices
2.
Registration and
Electoral Office,
That part of the Geographical Constituency Register relevant to the district
That parts on the 9 new FCs
Registration Section,
10th floor, Guardian
House, 32 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.