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Thursday, February 22, 1973

PROCEDURES FOR URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION ANNOUNCED

A staff of 360 will supervise the coming Urban Council elections

on March 7, with the majority of them to be employed on vote counting, which

will begin at 9 p.m. in the City Hall.

The Returning Officer, Mr. Donald Tsang, said this while announcing

in tomorrow's (Friday) Gazette the particulars of polling procedure.

He said that the 10 polling stations

four on Hong Kong Island and

six in Kowloon

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will be open from 8 a.m. to 8

p.m.

The electors eligible to vote are those whose names appear in the

Electoral Register, which came into foree on January 15.

They are requested to vote at the polling station designated for

them on the poll card.

They will not be allowed to vote at a polling station other than

the one designated.

Electors, who may vote for seven candidates only, should identify

themselves at the polling stations by producing their identity card or some

other positive means of identification, such as a passport, driving licence

or identity card issued by one of the Auxiliary Defence Services.

The production of a poll card, on its own, will not be accepted as

sufficient evidence of identity.

election.

Poll cards will be mailed to all registered electors before the

These will help the polling station staff to trace the elector's

name in the Register, thus speeding up the issue of ballot papers.

/Mr. Tsang..