XN000022-1985-04-12 — Page 4

العيا

3

FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1985

FOR AN ORGANISATION OR INSTITUTION TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR, EACH MUST APPOINT AN AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CASTING A VOTE ON ITS BEHALF. THE PERSON APPOINTED SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED THE AGE OF 21 YEARS AND MUST NOT BE REGISTERED, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AS AN ELECTOR IN THE SAME CONSTITUENCY AS THE ORGANISATION HE IS REPRESENTING. AN AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE WILL ALSO NOT BE ALLOWED TO REPRESENT MORE THAN ONE ELECTOR.

AN ELECTOR WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL SHOULD ALREADY BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR OR, FOR 1985 ONLY, BE ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AS AN ELECTOR ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL, THAT IS, UNDER THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS. THE BASIC QUALIFICATIONS ARE:-

(A)

HOLDING A HONG KONG ID CARD

(B) HAVING ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR THE 7 YEARS

IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF APPLICATION OR BE A

HONG KONG BELONGER WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE

(C) HAVING ATTAINED THE AGE OF 21 YEARS.

NO ELECTOR, WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ORGANISATION, MAY BE REGISTERED IN MORE THAN ONE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY OR ELECTORAL DIVISION. IF THE ELECTOR IS ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION IN MORE THAN ONE, THE CONSTITUENCY OPTED FOR MUST BE STATED ON THE REGISTRATION FORM.

MR MACCULLOCH NOTED THAT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTIONS WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION BRANCH HAS ARRANGED FOR REGISTRATION FORMS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE TWO COUNCILS AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS THROUGH THE SECRETARIATS OF THESE BODIES, HE SAID.

APPLICATION FORMS FOR REGISTRATION IN A FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS AND, IN THE CASE OF TEACHERS, TO SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. APPLICATION FORMS CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND FROM THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION AT HARBOUR CENTRE IN WAN CHAI, HE ADDED.

TO FACILITATE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION HAS ALSO PRODUCED A PAMPHLET ENTITLED +A GUIDE TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS 1985+. COPIES OF THE GUIDE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SAME DISTRIBUTION POINTS AS THE APPLICATION FORMS.

14 ..