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Electors of the King Tin Constituency are urged to vote in the Kwun Tong District Council by-election tomorrow (October 23).
Two polling stations - one at FDBWA Szeto Ho Secondary School, 7 Kai Tin Road, Lam Tin, and the other at Lam Tin (West) Estate Community Centre, 71 Kai Tin Road, Lam Tin will be open to voters from 7.30am to 10.30pm tomorrow.
Voters are assigned to a polling station in accordance with their registered residential address. A spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office today (October 22) called on voters to check their poll card to see which polling station they should visit.
The three candidates contesting the by-election are: No 1, Mr Li Wah Ming; No 2, Mr Cheung Shun Wah; and No 3, Mr Chan Man Luen Ying.
The spokesman stressed that it would take just a few minutes for people to vote.
"All a voter needs to do is to show his identity card at the designated polling station, and use the chop provided to stamp the ballot paper with a tick in the circle opposite the name of the candidate of his choice before he puts it in the ballot box," the spokesman said.
Once the poll is closed, the two polling stations will be turned into counting stations, and people are welcome to watch the counting of votes.
The spokesman cautioned that polling stations were restricted areas accessible only to electors and authorised people.
"Using mobile phones or photographing, filming and making video or audio recordings in a polling station by unauthorised people is strictly prohibited," he said.
An election hotline, 2891 1001, will be in service from 7am to 11pm on the polling day to answer enquiries relating to electoral matters, including the location of polling stations.
A complaints hotline, 2827 7251, will also operate from 7.30am to 10.30pm on the polling day to handle complaints about breaches of electoral rules and guidelines.
The successful candidate will fill a vacant seat in the Kwun Tong District Council.
Ends/Saturday, October 22, 2005
Issued at HKT 11:40
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