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THE

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990

GOVT IS ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR 1991 ELECTIONS

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GOVERNMENT

IS

ACTIVELY

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MAKING PREPARATION FOR THE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS,

ELECTIONS IN 1991, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID AT A LUNCHEON MEETING TODAY (FRIDAY).

CHEN MR

SAID

TO AMENDMENT BILLS WERB

THE SIX

SUBMITTED AMENDMENTS то THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN JULY AND THE CORRESPONDING

ENACTED WITHIN THIS SUBSIDARY LEGISLATION WERE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE

OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD YEAR, BEFORE THE NOMINATION ELECTIONS BEGAN ON JANUARY 7, 1991.

ON THE LOGISTICS OF THE ELECTIONS, MR CHEN SAID A TOTAL OF POLLING STATIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE COMING ELECTIONS.

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"AN IDEAL POLLING STATION MUST BE SPACIOUS, AND CLOSE TO THE MAIN AREA OF POPULATION," HE SAID, "HOWEVER, NOT ALL FEATURES AND DISTRIBUTION CONSTITUENCIES HAVE THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL OF COMMUNITY FACITLITIES.

NORTHERN

"THE POLLING STATIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, EVEN AT REMOTE PLACES LIKE PO TOI ISLAND AND THE VILLAGES AT LANTAU.

THESE

THE AREAS,

POLLING "OWING TO THE REMOTENESS OF

STAFF DAY BEFORE ΤΟ HAVE TO ARRIVE AT THE DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS THE

7.30 AM MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS SO THAT POLLING CAN START AT ON POLLING DAY.

HOWEVER, MANY CIVIL SERVANTS, INCLUDING MANY WERE QUITE HAPPY TO SERVE AT THESE REMOTE POLLING SAID.

STATIONS ARE

SET UP

SENIOR IN RANK, STATIONS, MR CHEN

THE

ALL TEMPORARILY,

AND TELEPHONE AND BE MADE READY WITHIN A DISRUPTION то THE

"AS THE POLLING FACILITIES, SUCH AS THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING THE ASSEMBLY OF POLLING EQUIPMENT, HAVE TO VERY SHORT SPAN OF TIME IN ORDER NOT TO CAUSE ANY NORMAL ACTIVITIES AT THESE PREMISES.

OF

ARE

VARYING DISTRIBUTED, COIL MOSQUITO

ΤΟ SET OF

FROM POLLING

A

"GENERALLY, OVER 100 ITEMS PACK OF THUMB PINS AND A BOX COMPARTMENTS."

CIVIL MR CHEN SAID ABOUT 5,000 STAFF RECRUITED FROM WITHIN THE

POLLING STATIONS SERVICE WOULD BE REQUIRED ON POLLING DAY TO MAN THE AND TO COUNT VOTES.

AND

THE

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE

OF FREQUENCY

ELECTORATE

INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE HAD THE GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS, ASSESSED WHETHER IT WAS BETTER TO CONTINUE RELYING ON MANUAL PRACTICES OR TO COMPUTERISE POLLING AND VOTE COUNTING.

/HE POINTED