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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1983

ELECTION CANDIDATES URGED TO COME FORWARD

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ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTIONS ON MAY 12 WERE URGED TODAY BY THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MRS REGINA IP, TO COME FORWARD EARLY AS THE DEADLINE WAS ONLY THREE DAYS AWAY.

TODAY (TUESDAY), ONE CANDIDATE →→ MR GIUSEPPE SALAROL1 (47) FOR THE QUARRY BAY CONSTITUENCY SUBMITTED HIS NOMINATION. TO

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE.

LAST WEEK, MR TSE KIT-TO (51) WAS NOMINATED TO STAND IN THE TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN CONSTITUENCY,

SO FAR, THEY ARE THE ONLY CANDIDATES FOR THEIR CONSTITUENCIES.

ONE IN THE EASTERN AND THE OTHER IN SOUTHERN WERE MADE VACANT FOLLOWING THE ELECTION OF

TWO SEATS

DISTRICT BOARDS

TWO DB MEMBERS TO THE URBAN COUNCIL LAST MONTH.

MRS IP STRESSED THAT DISTRICT BOARDS HAD BEEN PROVIDING INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART DIRECTLY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IR COMMUNITIES.

+PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE WELFARE OF THE DISTRICT AT HEART SHOULD SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY BY COMING OUT AS CANDIDATES IN THE COMING BY-ELECTIONS,✦ SHE ADDED.

FIVE POLLING STATIONS WILL BE SET UP ON ELECTION DAY FOR THE 9 836 VOTERS IN TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN CONSTITUENCY AND THE 22 155 VOTERS IN THE QUARRY BAY CONSTITUENCY.

NOMINATION PAPERS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS AND THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE AND SHOULD BE RETURNED BEFORE APRIL 22.

ANY REGISTERED ELECTOR WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS IS QUALIFIED FOR NOMINATION.

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