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Tuen Mun DB by-election to be held on March 3
A by-election to fill a seat of the Tin King constituency of the Tuen Mun District Board will be held on Sunday, March 3, a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said today (Friday).
The office of the board member of the Tin King constituency was declared vacant in a gazette notice published today following the resignation of Mr Li Man- kwong with effect from January 1, 1996.
Nomination period for the by-election will be from January 19 to February 1. Nomination forms are available at the Tuen Mun District Office, second floor, Tuen Mun Government Offices, 1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun and REO, 10th floor, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai.
To qualify for nomination, a candidate must satisfy the relevant provisions laid down under the law. He must be aged 21 or over, be a registered elector and has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the three years immediately preceding nomination. Each nomination must be subscribed by at least 10 registered electors of the constituency.
The Tin King constituency, comprising mainly Tin King Estate, Siu Pong Court and Siu Kwai Court, has an electorate of 8,387.
Poll will be held unless the seat is uncontested.
Meanwhile, a by-election to fill a seat in Siu Hei constituency of Tuen Mun District Board is scheduled for March 24, with the nomination period scheduled between February 9 and 23.
The seat will fall vacant when the resignation of Mr Ng Wai-cho, member of the office, becomes effective on February 1.
A notice of vacation of office will be published in the Government Gazette in due course.
Enquiries may be made to REO on 2827 1122.
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