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Free postage of election ads must not be abused
The Chairman of the Boundary and Election Commission, Mr Justice Woo Kwok-hing, has issued a letter to all the candidates of the Municipal Council elections, the Legislative Council by-election and district board by-elections, reminding them that the free postage of election advertisements cannot be used for other purposes.
"The free postage, which is the candidate's own privilege, cannot and should not be used for any other purpose or in respect of any other person or any other election," the chairman said in the letter.
He added that the Government reserved the right to charge a candidate postage if the free postage arrangements were abused in any way.
A candidate may post free of postage one letter to each elector in the constituency for which he is nominated. The purpose of the free postage is to enable the candidate to mail to electors in the constituency election advertisements in relation to himself and to that election.
End/Sunday, February 12, 1995
Unregistered electricians liable to prosecution
Any person who undertakes electrical work without prior registration with the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department as an electrical worker is liable to prosecution, a spokesman for the department reiterated today (Sunday).
"The registration is required under the Electricity Ordinance to ensure that the fixed electrical installations are properly designed, installed and maintained, and are in compliance with safety requirements so as to avoid accidents," he noted.
The advice followed the conviction at the Kwun Tong Magistracy last month of a 28-year-old man for carrying out electrical work without registering as an electrical worker under the ordinance.
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