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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1981

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PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ARE THOSE WHOSE NAME IS APPEAR IN THE ELECTORAL REGISTER, WHCIH CAME INTO FORCE ON JANUARY 15.

ELECTORS MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AT 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.

POLL CARDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MAILED TO ALL REGISTERED ELECTORS. THESE WILL HELP THE POLLING STATION STAFF TO TRACE THE ELECTOR'S NAME IN THE REGISTER, THUS SPEEDING UP THE ISSUE OF BALLOT PAPERS.

ELECTORS MUST VOTE AT THE POLLING STATION SHOWN IN THE POLL CARDS- THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE AT ANY OTHER POLLING STATION.

MR TSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE HEAVY PENALTIES FOR IMPERSONATION AT POLLING STATIONS.

+ELECTORS ARE FORBIDDEN TO TALK TO OTHER VOTERS, TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, OR DISPLAY POSTERS WHILE IN THE POLLING STATION+, HE SAID. +THEY ARE ALSO FORBIDDEN TO REMOVE ANY BALLOT PAPER, MARKED OR UNMARKED, FROM A POLLING STATION, OR TO DEPOSIT IN THE BALLOT BOX ANY PAPER OTHER THAN THE BALLOT PAPER PROVIDED BY THE POLL CLERK.+

ELECTORS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY MAY VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX CANDIDATES.

COUNTING OF VOTES WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CITY HALL AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE POLL. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE VOTE COUNT. THE RESULT WILL BE DECLARED AS SOON AS COUNTING IS FINISHED.

THE NINE CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR THE ELECTION ARE : MR FRANCIS CHAINE, MR CHAM PO-CHEUNG, MR CHAN CHAN-NAM, MR PETER CHAN CHI-KWAN, MR PETER CHAN PO-FUN, MR CHOI KWOK- CHING, MR CHOW WAI-HUNG, MR SHUM KUI-CHUNG AND MR TSIN SAI-NIN.

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