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As regards the registration of electors in the nine new functional constituencies, an eligible working person will be registered in the appropriate constituency in accordance with the main line of business of his employer and, if the working person is self-employed, the main line of his business. To facilitate the registration of working persons as electors in the new functional constituencies, the registration arrangements are made as simple and user-friendly as possible.

We attach great importance to the accuracy of the electoral roll for the new functional constituencies. Towards this end, the following pro-active measures are being made -

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intensive publicity through advertisements on both the electronic and printed media, and distribution of information pamphlets, to improve public knowledge of the delineation of the new functional constituencies and the registration procedures;

a 24-hour enquiry hotline (20 telephone lines) to answer enquiries concerning the registration procedures;

where employers have provided information (name and identity card number) of their employees to the Registration and Electoral Office (REO), such information is used to facilitate the registration of the employees in the new functional constituencies. Where necessary, the REO will make enquiries with the employers to verify the information contained in their returns;

where application forms are received, the REO will make enquiries with the applicants if the information contained in their application forms is incomplete. Where necessary, the REO will also check the declared information in the applications against the returns of the employers; and

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in addition to the above, the REO also conduct random checks on application forms received to ascertain the accuracy of the declared information on the forms.