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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1987

PROVISIONAL REGISTER READY FOR INSPECTION

A PROVISIONAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON (NOVEMBER 6) AND BE OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION UNTIL NOVEMBER 20.

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"ABOUT 183,500 NEWLY REGISTERED ELECTORS HAVE BEEN ADDED THE REGISTER FOLLOWING THE RECENT REGISTRATION DRIVE," SAID THE REGISTRATION OFFICER, MR LAI KWAN-TAT.

"THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL REGISTRATION FIGURE то 1.6 MILLION AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ABOUT 30,000 OMISSIONS DUE TO DEATHS, LOSS OF CONTACT ARISING FROM UNREPORTED CHANGES OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND OTHER FACTORS," HE ADDED.

THE LARGEST INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT WHERE 26,113 NEW ELECTORS WERE REGISTERED, FOLLOWED BY EASTERN DISTRICT WITH 18,344 NEW ENTRIES.

THE PROVISIONAL REGISTER WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION BETWEEN NOVEMBER 6 AND NOVEMBER 20 AT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION (RED) AT HARBOUR CENtre, 10TH FLOOR, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

RELEVANT PARTS OF THE REGISTER WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

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ANYONE WHO HAS ANY VALID GROUNDS TO OBJECT TO THE INCLUSION CERTAIN NAMES IN THE REGISTER MAY LODGE A NOTICE OF OBJECTION PERSON WITH THE RED ON A SPECIFIC FORM. THIS MUST NOVEMBER 25.

REGISTER AS

ELIGIBLE PERSONS STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ ELECTORS. APPLICATIONS THAT REACH THE REGISTRATION OFFICER BY NOVEMBER 20 WILL BE PROCESSED FOR INCLUSION IN THE 1987 FINAL REGISTER, MR LAI SAID.

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"THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR REGISTRATION IF A PERSON WISHES TO VOTE IN THE NEXT DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 10, 1988,' НЕ SAID.

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ELECTORS ARE ALSO URGED TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION ANY CHANGE OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE IN THE CONSTITUENCY OF THEIR NEW ADDRESS.

THESE CHANGES MAY BE INCORPORATED IN THE 1987 FINAL IF THEY ARE REPORTED BY DECEMBER 10.

REGISTER

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