Tai Po DB By-election to be held on February 23
A by-election to fill a seat of the Shuen Wan constituency of the Tai Po District Board will be held on Sunday, February 23, 1997, a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said today (Friday).
The office of the member of the Shuen Wan constituency was declared vacant in a gazette notice published today following the conviction of the incumbent member, Mr Chan Koon-yau, in early December 1996 of an offence of obtaining property by deception. Mr Chan was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment, suspended for 2
years.
Nomination period for the by-election will be from January 3 to January 16 (both dates inclusive). Nomination forms are available at the Tai Po District Office, second floor, Tai Po Government Offices Building, 1 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po or the REO, 10th floor, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai.
To qualify for nomination, a candidate must satisfy the relevant provisions laid down under the law, e.g. he must be aged 21 or over, be a registered elector and has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the three years immediately preceding nomination.
Each nomination must be subscribed by at least 10 registered electors of the constituency.
The Shuen Wan constituency has an electorate of 4,793.
Poll will be held unless the seat is uncontested.
Enquiries may be made to REO on 2827 1122.
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External trade figures for November
In November 1996, the value of Hong Kong's re-exports and imports showed further increases over a year earlier. Domestic exports however continued to decline year-on-year.
These were shown in the external trade figures for November 1996 released today (Friday) by the Census and Statistics Department.
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