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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1985

TWO DAYS LEFT TO ENTER DB POLLS

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THERE ARE ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER AS CANDIDATES FOR THE MARCH 7 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TODAY REMINDED POTENTIAL CANDIDATES THAT NOMINATIONS WOULD CLOSE AT 5.30 PM ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 31).

ANYONE WHO IS A REGISTERED VOTER AND HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER AS A CANDIDATE.

UP TO 5 PM TODAY (TUESDAY), 454 CANDIDATES, COMPRISING 426 MEN AND 28 WOMEN, HAD SUBMITTED THE IR NOMINATIONS WITH 256 FROM HONG KONG AND KOWLOON AND 198 FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF NOMINATIONS RECEIVED SO FAR IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

HONG KONG AND KOWLOON

CENTRAL AND WESTERN

16

YAU MA TEI 15

WAN CHAI

19

WONG TAI SIN

38

SOUTHERN

23

SHAM SHUI PO

27

EASTERN

39

KOWLOON CITY 28

MONG KOK

17

KWUN TONG

34

NEW TERRITORIES

ISLANDS

16

NORTH

19

KWAF CHUNG AND TSING YI

37

TAI PO

14

TSUEN WAN

15

SHA TIN

26

TUEN MUN

33

SAI KUNG

9

YUEN LONG

29

17