Wong Tai Sin DB by-election to be held on January 5
A by-election to fill a seat of the San Po Kong constituency of the Wong Tai Sin District Board will be held on Sunday, January 5, 1997, a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said today (Thursday).
The office of the member of the San Po Kong constituency will be declared vacant in a gazette notice published tomorrow (Friday) following the death of the late Mr Josephs Chan (alias Canon Chan) on November 2.
Nomination period for the by-election will be from November 22 to December 5 (both dates inclusive). Nomination forms are available at the Wong Tai Sin District Office, fourth floor, San Po Kong Government Offices Building, King Fuk Street, San Po Kong or the 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, such as 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 San Po Kong constituency has an electorate of 5,349.
Poll will be held unless the seat is uncontested.
Enquiries may be made to REO on 2827 1122.
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AFD to implement microchip programme for dogs next month
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) will implement the microchip programme for the identification of dogs in Hong Kong from December 2 (Monday).
All dogs over the age of five months are required to be microchipped when they are first vaccinated against rabies and licensed. Dogs which are currently licensed will be implanted with the microchip when they are next vaccinated,