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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1974

HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTIONS TOMORROW

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THE HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTIONS FOR A CHAIRMAN, TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN AND 15 ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE 'COMMITTEE FOR THE KUK'S TWENTY-FIRST TERM WILL BE HELD

TUMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE KUK'S OFFICE AT ₫ SHEUNG TAK STREET, TAI PO. THE RETURNING OFFICER WILL DE MR. IAN MACPHERSON, ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

POLLING FOR THE 15 ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL DEGIN AT 9.30 A.M. THERE WILL BE 67 CANDIDATES CONSISTING OF 21 SPECIAL COUNCILLORS, ELECTED ON MAY 16, AND 46 VICE-CHAIRMEN OF RURAL COMMITTEES.

THE ELECTORATE COMPRISES THE FULL COUNCIL OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, THE STATUTORY ADVISORY BODY TO THE GOVERNMENT ON ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE FULL COUNCIL COMPRISES 106 COUNCILLORS.

THE ELECTIONS FOR THE CHAIRMAN AND TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON, BEGINNING AT 2.30 P.M.

THE CHAIRMAN WILL BE ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT FROM AMONG 54 MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BY THE FULL COUNCIL.

THE FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN WILL BE ELECTED FROM AMONG THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO DO NOT BELONG TO THE SAME ELECTORAL DISTRICT AS THE NEWLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN, WHILE THE SECOND VICE-CHAIRMAN WILL BE ELECTED FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT BELONG TO THE SAME ELECTORAL DISTRICTS AS THE NEWLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN AND FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN,

THE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD BY SECRET BALLOT AND WILL BE CON CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES LAID DOWN IN THE HEUNG YEE KUK ORDINANCE.

NOTE TO EDITORS: YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS COVERED.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND WILL BE ISSUED WITH SPECIAL LAPEL BADGES WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM ACCESS INTO THE ELECTION ROOMS. HOWEVER, NO PHOTOGRAPHS MUST BE TAKEN UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS.

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