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Overseas United Kingdom electors
Forms and explanatory leaflets for registration as an overseas elector in UK Parliamentary and European Parliamentary Elections may be obtained from the Hong Kong Immigration Department, a spokesman for the department announced today (Monday).
"British citizens living in Hong Kong may contact the Information Office of the Immigration Department on second floor, 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong by writing or in person to obtain the forms and explanatory leaflets," he said.
Under the Representation of the People Act of 1989, the qualifying period for the right to vote for people living abroad has been extended from five to twenty years.
That means if a British citizen left the UK as long ago as October 1976, he can still vote. He is no longer required to declare an intention to return to the UK and the vote will be cast in the constituency in which he or his family were registered before leaving the UK.
People who left the UK before they were old enough to be included on the Electoral Register may register as overseas electors.
"In order to qualify, potential electors will have to fill in an application form and return it direct to their Electoral Registration Office by October 10, 1996 (September 15 if they were previously residents in Northern Ireland)," the spokesman reminded.
He also appealed to British citizens for assistance in informing anyone they know living abroad about this.
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Arrangements for holiday clinic service
The Department of Health announced today (Monday) that eight general out- patient clinics would be open from 9 am to 1 pm on June 16 (Sunday) and June 17, which is the Monday following the Queen's Birthday.
The eight clinics are Violet Peel Health Centre and Shau Kei Wan Jockey Club Clinic on Hong Kong Island; Kwun Tong Jockey Club Health Centre, Robert Black Health Centre, and Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club Clinic in Kowloon; and Lady Trench Polyclinic, Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic and Yuen Long Jockey Club Health Centre in the New Territories.