XN000022-1990-07-24 — Page 4

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1990

IN

"EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THE HEAVIEST TURNOUT

INDICATING THAT MANY ELECTORS CAN

TAKES PLACE AFTER 7 PM, TIME TO VOTE AFTER WORK,

...

HE EXPLAINED.

FLECTIONS ONLY FIND

"THE AIM OF HOLDING THE DIRECT ELECTIONS ON A SUNDAY IN 1991 IS THE POLLS AND TO TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR VOTERS TO GO TO ENCOURAGE A HIGHER TURNOUT."

FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD ON A WORKING DAY BEFORE THE DIRECT ELECTIONS.

WHOM

"THIS WILL AVOID CONFUSION AMONG THE ELECTORATE, MANY OF

DIRECT ELECTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL MAY BE

TO VOTE IN BOTH ELIGIBLE CONSTITUENCIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"WITH SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT, THE PUBLICITY PRECEDING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ELECTIONS IS LIKELY TO MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION IN DIRECT ELECTIONS.

THE

It

GENERATED

BY THE ENCOURAGE

THE TÒ

TO AMENDMENTS COUNCIL HAS ALSO APPROVED EXECUTIVE DELINEATION OF THE EXISTING CONSTITUENCIES OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS

WHERE DEVELOPMENT TAKE ACCOUNT OF PHYSICAL CHANGES IN CERTAIN AREAS HAS TAKEN PLACE.

AS A

RESULT,

THE TOTAL NUMBER

OF

CONSTITUENCIES

INCREASED FROM 157 TO 210, MADE UP OF 146 SINGLE-SEAT AND 64 SEAT CONSTITUENCIES.

WILL BE DOUBLE-

ANOTHER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT ARISING FROM POPULATION CHANGES NUMBER OF ELECTED IN INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCIES IS THAT THE TOTAL SEATS WILL BE INCREASED FROM 264 TO 274 AND THE APPOINTED SEATS BE REDUCED FROM 141 TO 140, MAINTAINING THE RATIO OF TWO TO ONE.

WILL

THE

NEW

FOR

MEMBERS IN TAKING INTO

THE 27 EX-OFFICIO ACCOUNT TERRITORIES DISTRICTS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THE NEXT TERM WILL BE INCREASED FROM 432 TO 441.

THE

MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE TO THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES

LINK URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL TO BRING THEM INTO THE NEW DELINEATION OF DISTRICTS.

OF

WITH

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