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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1994

OTHERWISE, THE ELECTORAL ROLL WILL WILL CAUSE GREAT CONFUSION TO ALIKE.

ALWAYS REMAIN FLUID AND CANDIDATES ELECTORS,

AND THE PUBLIC

WHO HAS

CHANGED

YEAR IS ALLOWED SHOULD HOWEVER

CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE SPIRIT, AN ELECTOR HIS PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AFTER JULY 6 THIS BY LAW TO CONTINUE VOTING IN HIS OLD CONSTITUENCY, HE INFORM THE REO OF HIS NEW ADDRESS SO THAT HE THE APPROPRIATE CONSTITUENCY IN THE NEXT ELECTORAL ROLL.

COULD BE ALLOCATED

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NOTIFICATIONS OF VALIDITY OF NOMINATIONS

RETURNING

* * *

OFFICERS TODAY

(THURSDAY)

STARTED NOTIFYING

CANDIDATES OF THE DECISIONS AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THEIR NOMINATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER.

CANDIDATES WERE INFORMED BOTH IN WRITING AND BY PHONE.

OUT OF THE 395 CASES NOTIFIED, THE NOMINATIONS OF TWO HAVE BEEN RULED BY THE RELEVANT RETURNING OFFICERS AS INVALID. THEY ARE MR CHIN CHING-MAN OF THE TSUI PING CONSTITUENCY IN KWUN TONG DISTRICT AND MR LAU SAN-CHING OF THE LAI WAH CONSTITUENCY IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT.

IN BOTH CASES, MR CHIN AND MR LAU FAIL TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT OF HAVING ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG DURING THE 10 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF NOMINATION, AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE (CAP. 367).

FINAL.

UNDER THE LAW, THE DECISION OF THE RETURNING OFFICER IS ANY PERSON WHO IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE DECISION OF THE RETURNING OFFICER REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF NOMINATION MAY APPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT BY WAY OF AN ELECTION PETITION WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE SEPTEMBER ELECTION.

IF A PETITION IS SUCCESSFUL WITH A RESULTANT VACANCY, A BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE SAID A CANDIDATE STOOD NOMINATED UNTIL THE RETURNING OFFICER DECIDED THAT THE NOMINATION PAPER WAS INVALID.

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