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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1988

THE ELECTION DEPOSIT HAS BEEN INCREASED TO $4,000 TO $2,000 FOR THE 1985 ELECTIONS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN EFFECT OF THE DEPOSIT.

AS

COMPARED THE DETERRENT

THE UPPER LIMIT OF ELECTION EXPENSES HAS ALSO BEEN INCREASED FROM $10,000 TO $12,000 FOR THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND FROM $30,000 $36,000 FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.

TO

ON VOTER REGISTRATION, MR CHAN SAID THAT SOME 61,519 ELECTORS HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN THE FINAL REGISTER TO BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW. THEY WILL ALL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE COMING ELECTIONS.

TO

THERE IS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 14,441 ELECTORS AS COMPARED THE 1985 FIGURES. THE INCREASE COMES MAINLY FROM THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUENCIES:

NEW/EXPANDED

CONSTITUENCIES

1985

1988

SIZE OF INCREASE

ACCOUNTANCY

1,588

1,588

MEDICAL

2.933

3,540

607

HEALTH CARE

10,025

10,025

EXISTING

CONSTITUENCIES

TEACHING

34,182

35,435

1,253

ENGINEERING,

ARCHITECTURAL,

2,314

3,103

789

SURVEYING AND

PLANNING

MOST OF THE OTHER EXISTING INCREASE OVER THE 1985 FIGURES.

CONSTITUENCIES

SHOW A SLIGHT

"DISREGARDING INCREASES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TWO NEW ELECTORAL

MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY.

2,288 ELECTORS (+ FIVE PER CENT),

H

DIVISIONS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE THERE IS STILL AN INCREASE OF MR CHAN SAID.

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