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UC AND RC ELECTIONS ON THURSDAY

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1989

FIFTY-THREE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 9.

HOWEVER, ONLY 46 CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTESTING SEATS BECAUSE SEVEN OF THE 27 ONE-SEAT CONSTITUENCIES ARD UNCONTESTED.

OF TUESE, 26 WILL CONTEST SEATS IN 11 URBAN COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES AND 20 IN NINE REGIONAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES.

VOTING WILL BEGIN FROM 7.30 AM UNTIL 10.30 PM

AT

245 POLLING

STATIONS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FACILITATE COVERAGE OF THE ELECTIONS.

PRESS

PRESS CENTRE

A PRESS CENTRE WILL BE SET UP AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CITY HALL LOW BLOCK. THE CENTRE WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 AM ON MARCH 9 UNTIL ALL ELECTION RESULTS ARE KNOWN.

A WORKING AREA WITH TYPEWRITERS, AND FORMS FOR VOTER TURNOUT AND ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES. SEPARATE BOOTHS FOR RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED AT THE PRESS CENTRE. STATIONS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CAN HAVE IT INSTALLED AFTER 9 AM ON MARCH 8. ALL EQUIPMENT MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE 3 PM ON MARCH 10.

AN AREA WILL BE RESERVED AS A BRIEFING AREA.

TELEVISION SETS, PHOTO-COPIERS, FACSIMILE MACHINES TELEPHONES WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE CENTRE FOR USE BY THE MEDIA.

AND

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THE

THERE WILL BE A GIS DESK IN THE PRESS CENTRE FOR COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF ELECTION INFORMATION. ALL PRESS ENQUIRIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO GIS OFFICERS ON DUTY THERE ON THAT DAY. THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE 5-8457561, 5-8457564 AND 5-8457567.

DISPLAY BOARDS WILL BE PUT UP INSIDE THE PRESS CENTRE TO SHOW

THE HOURLY VOTER TURNOUT FIGURES.

THE COUNTING OF VOTES WILL BEGIN AFTER VOTING IS CLOSED AT 10.30 PM. ELECTION RESULTS WILL ALSO BE SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY BOARDS AT THE PRESS CENTRE.

/ALL VOTER