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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1989

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CALL FOR EARLY REGISTRATION OF LEGCO ELECTORS

* *

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL A THREE-WEEK VOTER REGISTRATION

HAS

FOR THE ELECTORAL

BEGUN ROLL

AND WILL LAST

MAY 6 COMPILATION OF THE PROVISIONAL REGISTER.

UNTIL

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND REGISTRATION PERIOD

THE FINAL REGISTER WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE PUBLICATION OF AUGUST.

IN

IN JUNE EARLY

A

SPOKESMAN

FOR

THE REGISTRATION

AND

ELECTORAL

DIVISION CONDUCTED

POINTED OUT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE CURRENT EXERCISE WAS TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO HAD BECOME ELIGIBLE SINCE THE LAST REGISTRATION IN JUNE LAST YEAR TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS.

"THESE INCLUDE NEW MEMBERS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE

CONSTITUENCIES AND OF FUNCTIONAL

THOSE OP

DISTRICT

ORGANISATIONS

BOARDS

AND

MUNICIPAL COUNCILS," HE SAID.

"ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT AN

ELECTION YEAR FOR

THE LEGISLATIVE ORGANISATION

COUNCIL, IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY FOR AN ELIGIBLE PERSON OR TO SIGN UP AS AN ELECTOR, THUS HELPING TO CONSOLIDATE THE BASE OF ELECTORATE.

THE

THE SPOKESMAN URGED ELIGIBLE PERSONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHO NOT YET REGISTERED TO DO SO EARLY.

HAVE

ΤΟ ORDER

BECOME ELIGIBLE AS A HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IN

A ELECTIONS, COUNCIL

FIRST MUST CANDIDATE IN LEGISLATIVE BECOME A REGISTERED VOTER,

PERSON

REGISTRATION

ARE FORMS

REPRESENTATIVE THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL ORGANISATIONS. DISTRICT OFFICES AND DIVISION AT HARBOUR CENTRE, 10TH FLOOR, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

AVAILABLE

FROM

THE

ALL ELIGIBLE THE FORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO

MEDICAL, DENTAL, NURSING AND SEEKING REGISTRATION IN THE PROFESSIONS.

PERSONS TEACHING

BOARD

MUST BE ON THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS

AND THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL

THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME ELECTIONS BEFORE DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTORS.

THEY SEEKING

"FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL,

THAT ROLL

BEFORE NOW REGISTRATION IN APPLY FOR SHOULD ENROLMENT ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ROLL IN 1990." HE ADDED.

FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CURRENT REGISTRATION EXERCISE CAN OBTAINED AT TELEPHONE 5-8932837.

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