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The nomination period for the by-election in the Tsz Wan West Constituency to fill the vacant office of an elected member on the Wong Tai Sin District Council will run from October 10 to 23.
"If there is more than one validly nominated candidate, a poll will be held on Sunday, November 30," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said today (September 26).
"A nominee must be a registered geographical constituency elector aged 21 or above who has ordinarily lived in Hong Kong for the three years immediately before his or her nomination," the spokesman said.
"A nomination must be subscribed to by 10 registered electors of the constituency. Each elector is allowed to subscribe to only one nomination."
The nominee must personally hand in the completed nomination form, together with an election deposit of $3,000, to the Returning Officer for the by-election within the nomination period. Nominations are accepted from 9am to 5pm, Mondays to Fridays, and from 9am to noon on Saturdays.
The District Officer (Wong Tai Sin) has been appointed as the Returning Officer for the by-election. Her office is located at 6/F, Lung Cheung Office Block, 138 Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon.
Nomination forms and the Guidelines on Election-related Activities in respect of the District Council Election applicable to the by-election are available at the office of the Returning Officer and can be downloaded at www.reo.gov.hk.
Nomination forms are also available at the Registration and Electoral Office at 10/F, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, and at 10/F, Guardian House, 32 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai. Both offices will extend their service hours to include Saturday mornings during the nomination period.
The spokesman advised all nominees to submit their nominations as early as possible so that they would have time to rectify any mistakes before the deadline.
Enquiries can be made to the election hotline, 2891 1001.
Details of the by-election, the appointment of the Returning Officer and the Assistant Returning Officer, and the appointment of the Nominations Advisory Committee were published in the Gazette today.
Ends/Friday, September 26, 2008
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