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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELNO 2151

OF 14173OZ NOVEMBER 90

CONFIDENTIAL

105

072374

MDLOAN 3346

TOP COPY Q DIST?

HRD012/6

NOV 1990

FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH

VOTER REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG

J = TEA

1. WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF PRESS ARTICLES IN RECENT MONTHS ON THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT A PROVISIONAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS WAS PUBLISHED ON 9 NOVEMBER. AS THIS IS CLEARLY AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR THE 1991 ELECTIONS, WE WOULD FIND IT HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR'S REGISTRATION EXERCISE AND SOME GENERAL BACKGROUND COVERING, FOR EXAMPLE:

(A) HOW THE REGISTRATION DRIVE WAS ORGANISED

(B) HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN THE DIRECT ELECTIONS TO LEGCO IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY SEATS, IN THE ELECTIONS TO URBCO AND REGCO, AND IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

(C) WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE ABOVE AREAS AND WHETHER VOTING IN ONE AREA BARS SOMEONE FROM VOTING IN ANOTHER.

(D) HOW MANY PEOPLE (NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE) OF THOSE ELIGIBLE HAVE SO FAR REGISTERED, IF POSSIBLE WITH A BREAK-DOWN SHOWING THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IN VARIOUS AGE GROUPS IN THE

COMMUNITY.

2.

IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, AND HAVE VOTED, IN THE RECENT URBCO, REGCO AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

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