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Reply:
The Administration is mindful of the need to take practical steps to ensure that electors are not deprived of the opportunity to vote because of some extraneous circumstances. Indeed, during a review of the electoral arrangements in 1992, we have looked into the desirability and feasibility of providing some form of absentee voting arrangement for electors who were temporarily away from Hong Kong on polling day. We concluded that the introduction of absentee voting for this category of electors was not justified in view of the cumbersome administrative arrangements and the potential for abuse. This conclusion was shared by the Legislative Council Select Committee on Legislative Council Elections. The Select Committee's report was endorsed by this Council in July 1992. We do not detect any changes in circumstances since then which would justify re-opening this issue.
We therefore have no plan at present to adopt arrangements which would enable electors who are abroad to vote in person at designated venues in the countries where they are staying.
End/Wednesday, July 26, 1995
Statistics on lift breakdowns in housing estates
Following is a question by the Hon Zachary Wong Wai-yin and a written reply by the Secretary for Housing, Mr Dominic Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
of the monthly statistics on lift breakdowns in each of the public housing estates and Home Ownership Scheme estates in the last three years;
(b)
(c)
of the general causes of the breakdowns and the average number of days needed to repair each breakdown;
of the number of lift contractors who are responsible for the installation and maintenance of lifts in public housing estates and Home Ownership Scheme estates, together with statistics on the breakdown of lifts serviced by each of the contractors in the past three years; and