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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1981
DISTRICT BOARD ELECTORAL BOUNDARY MAPS PUBLISHED
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MAPS SHOWING THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES FOR DISTRICT BOARDS WERE PUBLISHED TODAY FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO CONSULT THE MAPS MAY DO SO AT ANY CITY DISTRICT OFFICE OR DISTRICT OFFICE, WHERE THE MAPS ARE ON DISPLAY. OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT AT THESE OFFICES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES SHOWN ON THE MAPS.
THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AS SET OUT IN A WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR IS BASED ON THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY INTO TEN DISTRICTS IN THE URBAN AREA AND EIGHT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THE DISTRICTS ARE DIVIDED INTO A TOTAL OF 122 CONSTITUENCIES. THERE ARE 76 CONSTITUENCIES IN THE URBAN AREA AND 46 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN THE CASE OF URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, THE SAME TEN DISTRICTS IN THE URBAN AREA ARE DIVIDED INTO A TOTAL OF 15 CONSTITUENCIES. FIVE OF THE DISTRICTS (CENTRAL AND WESTERN, SOUTHERN, WAN CHAI, MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI) FORM ONE CONSTITUENCY EACH. THE OTHER FIVE URBAN DISTRICTS (EASTERN, KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, SHAM SHUI PO AND WONG TAI SIN) ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CONSTITUENCIES EACH.
ELECTORS WILL VOTE IN THE CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH THEY LIVE AND WILL CAST THE IR VOTES AT DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS IN THE IR CONSTITUENCIES. DETAILS OF REGISTRATION, BEGINNING ON AUGUST 31 AND ELECTION PROCEDURES WILL BE NOTIFIED TO THE PUBLIC AS SOON AS THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PREPARED.
NOTE TO EDITORS =
COPIES OF A FULL SET OF MAPS MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM.
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