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NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS
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NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE FORTHCOMING URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM TOMORROW (JANUARY 7).
THE NEW URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 8 AND WILL FEATURE TWO NEW ELEMENTS.
FIRSTLY, A VERY MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAN BEFORE WILL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE. THE 1983 FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW, WILL INCLUDE A TOTAL OF 904 916 ELECTORS OF WHICH 708 119 ARE RESIDENTS IN THE URBAN AREAS. COMPARED WITH THE 34 000 ELECTORS REGISTERED TO VOTE AT THE LAST URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN MARCH 1981, THE NEW FIGURE REPRESENTS A 20-FOLD INCREASE,
SECONDLY, THE 1983 URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BE HELD ON THE BASIS OF CONSTITUENCIES; CANDIDATES WILL BE ELÉCTED TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTORS WILL VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE IN THEIR OWN
CONSTITUENCIES.
THERE WILL BE 15 CONSTITUENCIES AND EACH CONSTITUENCY WILL HAVE ONE VACANCY FOR AN ELECTED MEMBER, THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTORS IS AS FOLLOWS :-
DISTRICT
CONSTITUENCY
NO. OF ELECTORS
CENTRAL AND WESTERN
CENTRAL AND WESTERN
50 254
WAN CHAI
EASTERN
WAN CHAI
46 972
(1)
NORTH POINT
59 324
(2)
SHAU KEI WAN
42 273
SOUTHERN
SOUTHERN
48 727
KOWLOON CITY
(1)
KOWLOON CITY WEST
39 018
(2)
KOWLOON CITY EAST
41 812
KWUN TONG
(1)
KWUN TONG WEST
44 5801
(2)
KWUN TONG EAST
75 026
MONG KOK
MONG KOK
42 633
SHAM SHUI PO
(1) SHAM SHUI PO EAST
43 579
(2) SHAM SHUI PO WEST
43 672
/WONG TAI
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