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Friday, May 26, 1972

HEUNG YEE KUK MAIN ELECTIONS ON MAY 29

At Office Premises At Taipo

The Heung Yee Kuk will hold its main elections of Chairman,

two Vice-Chairmen, and 15 Ordinary Members of the Executive Committee

for the 20th Tera at its office premises in Taipo on Monday, May 29.

The Kuk is the statutory advisory body to the Government on

all matters affecting the New Territories.

The elections will be held by secret ballot and will be conducted

in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Heung Yee Kuk Ordinance.

The Returning Officer for the elections will be the District

Commissioner, New Territories, the Hon. D.C. Bray.

The election of 15 Ordinary Members of the Executive Committee

will take place at 9.30 a.m. The 68 candidates consist of the 21 Special

Councillors elected on May 8, and 47 Vice-Chairmen of Rural Committees.

The electorate is the Full Council of the Heung Yee Kuk, which

comprises the 21 Special Councillors, 74 Rural Committee Chairmen and

Vice-Chairmen, and 11 New Territories Unofficial Justices of the Peace

(three of them are concurrently Rural Committee Chairman).

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In the afternoon, starting at 2.30 p.m., three separate elections

will be held to decide on who will be the Chairman and the Vice-Chairmen

of the 20th Term of the Kuk.

As in the case of that morning's election, the electorate will

be the Full Council of the Heung Yee Kuk, while the candidates will be

the 50 members of the Executive Committee.

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