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35

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Age of block

% of blocks inspected by Housing Authority

The number of blocks inspected for structural safety expressed as a percentage of the total number of blocks of the same age is shown in the table below:

% of blocks inspected by Housing Society

11 - 20 years

60

47

21 - 30 years

100

45

over 30 years

100

30

:

End/Wednesday, July 26, 1995

Absentee voting arrangement

Following is a question by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan and a written reply by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Nicholas Ng, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

whether it has any plan to safeguard the right to vote of those electors who happen to be abroad on business or for pleasure on election day;

i

(b)

and

whether it will consider following other countries' practice so that those electors who are abroad are able to vote at the local British consulates?

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