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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1994

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DETAILS ABOUT VOTING PROCEDURES AND LISTS OF NOMINEES ARE BEING SENT TO SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION BODIES. CIRCULARS AND POSTERS WILL BE PUT UP IN STAFF ROOMS IN SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE THE ELECTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DAY.

THE

SCHOOLS WILL CONDUCT THEIR OWN VOTING SESSION ON ELECTION

"FOR VOTING IN TEACHER-NOMINATED CATEGORIES IN SECONDARY + PRIMARY, SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS, ALL FULL-TIME REGISTERED AND FULL-TIME PERMITTED TEACHERS INCLUDING PRINCIPALS AND HEADTEACHERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"HOWEVER, IF TEACHERS TEACH IN MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL, HE OR SHE SHOULD OPT TO EXERCISE HIS OR HER VOTING RIGHT IN ONLY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. SHOULD A TEACHER VOTE IN MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL, PAPER WILL BE CONSIDERED NULL AND VOID.

THE BALLOT

"VOTING IS TO BE CONDUCTED BY SECRET BALLOT IN WHICH VOTERS SHOULD NOT PUT DOWN THEIR NAMES OR ANY OTHER MARKS OF IDENTIFICATION ON THE BALLOT PAPER. THEY SHOULD NOT LET OTHER VOTERS SEE WHOM THEY VOTE FOR," HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ANY AMENDMENTS BY THE ELECTOR ON THE BALLOT PAPER SHOULD BE INITIALED BY THE RETURNING OFFICER. OTHERWISE THE VOTE WOULD BE CONSIDERED VOID.

"IF,

FOR SOME REASONS, TEACHER VOTERS CANNOT CAST THEIR VOTES DURING THE VOTING SESSION, THEY MAY DO SO BEFORE THE SESSION BUT THIS MUST BE DONE ON THE VOTING DAY.

IN THE UNLIKELY BVENT THAT ANY SCHOOL DOES NOT WISH ΤΟ PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTING EXERCISE, THE SCHOOL HEAD SHOULD PREPARE STATEMENT TO THIS EFFECT SIGNED BY ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE SCHOOL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AS TO VOTING IN

ORGANISATION-NOMINATED

CATEGORIES, THE

SPOKESMAN SAID THAT VOTING WOULD BE CARRIED OUT ON A ONE-ORGANISATION- ONE-VOTE BASIS.

"BACH ORGANISATION CAN ONLY VOTE FOR CANDIDATES IN ITS OWN SHOULD CATEGORY AND CANNOT CAST MORE THAN ONE VOTE FOR ANY CANDIDATE. AN ORGANISATION CAST MORE THAN ONE VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE, ONLY ONE VOTE WILL BE COUNTED.' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE UNSEALING OF ENVELOPES AND COUNTING OF VOTES FOR ORGANISATION-NOMINATED CATEGORIES WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SCHOOLS), MR S M TSUI, AND WITNESSED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORGANISATIONS.

THE

THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION WILL BE ANNOUNCED THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA AS SOON

LATE AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE, PROBABLY IN

APRIL,

SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE MEANWHILE,

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS

RECEIVED TWO MORE

NOMINATIONS WHICH WERE MAILED OR REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS.

/THIS PRINGS

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