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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988

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LEGCO ELECTIONS VOTER REGISTRATION ATTRACTS 16,592 APPLICATIONS * * * * *

THE FIRST PHASE OF THE 1988 VOTER REGISTRATION FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS HAS DRAWN 16,592 APPLICATIONS.

APART FROM A NUMBER OF DUPLICATE APPLICATIONS AND THOSE SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT YET REGISTERED ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL (FOR DISTRICT BOARD AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS), 9,569 NEW ENTRIES ARE INCORPORATED IN A PROVISIONAL REGISTER TO BR RELEASED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

ANOTHER 5,804 APPLICANTS WHO ARE NOT YET REGISTERED ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL BUT ARE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES INCLUDED IN THE FINAL REGISTER.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ( ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN MAY THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE A SPECIAL ONE-OFF CONCESSION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENTITLED TO BE BUT ARE NOT YET REGISTERED AS ELECTORS ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL, ΤΟ REGISTERED AS ELECTORS ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.

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THE FIRST PHASE OF VOTER REGISTRATION FOR THE LEGCO ELECTIONS BEGAN ON APRIL 15 AND LASTED UNTIL MAY 6.

FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO FAILED TO MEET THE CLOSING DATE, THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO JULY 1 IN THE SECOND PHASE FOR INCLUSION IN THE FINAL REGISTER.

"THERE IS A REASONABLY SATISFACTORY RESPONSE FROM THE PROSPECTIVE ELECTORATE OF ALL ESTABLISHED FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES," MR LAI KWAN-TAT, REGISTRATION OFFICER, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE EXPANDED MEDICAL ELECTORAL DIVISION HAS DRAWN 893 APPLICATIONS (499 FOR THE PROVISIONAL REGISTER) FROM MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND DENTISTS.

APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLMENT IN THE NEW HEALTH CARB ELECTORAL DIVISION AND THE ACCOUNTANCY CONSTITUENCY HAVE COME IN RATHER SLOWLY, MR LAI SAID.

THERE ARE ONLY 9,390 APPLICATIONS (4,813 FOR THE PROVISIONAL REGISTER) IN THE HEALTH CARE ELECTORAL DIVISION AGAINST A POTENTIAL ELECTORAL OF 20,417.

APPLICATIONS IN THE ACCOUNTANCY CONSTITUENCY STANDS AT 981 (812 FOR THE PROVISIONAL REGISTER) AGAINST A POTENTIAL ELECTORATE OF 3,223.

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