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Nominations for the 2007 District Council Election will run from Tuesday (October 2) to October 15.
A candidate must be a registered geographical constituency elector aged 21 or above and have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the three years immediately before nomination.
A spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said today (September 30) that a nomination must be subscribed by 10 registered electors of the constituency concerned. Each elector may subscribe to only one nomination.
Nominees must hand in the completed nomination form, together with an election deposit of $3,000, in person to the respective Returning Officer within the nomination period. Nominations are accepted from 9am to 5pm, Mondays to Fridays, and from 9am to noon on Saturdays.
The District Officers in the 18 Districts have been appointed as Returning Officers for the election in their respective district.
"Nominees are advised to submit their nominations as early as possible so that they will have time to rectify any mistakes in the nominations before the deadline," the spokesman said.
Nomination forms are available at the 18 District Offices and the REO Office at 10/F, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. They can also be downloaded at the District Council Election website at www.elections.gov.hk.
Enquiries about nominations can be made to the Returning Officers direct or the election hotline, 2891 1001.
A total of 405 elected members, one for each of the 405 constituencies in the 18 Districts, will be returned in the polls to be held on November 18.
Ends/Sunday, September 30, 2007
Issued at HKT 15:09
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