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The five candidates running for the seat are Mr Kan Tat-keung, Mr Lo Koon- chiu, Ms Kam-ping Hiller, Mr Eddie Lui Fung-ngar and Mr Chu Tat-shing.

The number of registered voters drawing from 38 visual arts organisations under the Hong Kong Visual Arts Nomination Conference stands at 1,340.

The election will be held from 10 am to 7 pm on Sunday (February 11) at the lobby of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Voters who have been informed by letters of the details of the election must cast their votes in person and should bring along their Identity cards for verification.

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Contract awarded for new airport mail centre

A $327 million Airport Core Programme (ACP) contract for the construction of the new air mail centre at Chek Lap Kok has been awarded to Yau Lee Construction Company Ltd.

"The new air mail centre will replace the existing one at Kai Tak Airport upon the opening of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok," said the Postmaster General, Mr Robert Footman.

"The new air mail centre will be equipped with a comprehensive postal mechanisation system which will help maintain the high quality of the airmail service in the face of ever growing traffic and achieve greater operational efficiency.

"The Hong Kong Post Office is already one of the biggest postal administrations in the world in terms of international mail volume, and ranks third in the world in terms of the volume of Speedpost traffic handled."

The postal mechanisation system, which incorporates state-of-the-art technology in postal mechanisation, consists of the most modern sorting equipment for letters, packets, parcels and Speedpost items, a dedicated storage and retrieval system for mail bags, advanced equipment for handling airline containers as well as a comprehensive mail conveyance system to speed up the transportation and processing of various categories of mail.