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The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has mailed poll cards to more than 7 500 registered electors of the Fuk Loi Constituency to remind them to vote in the Tsuen Wan District Council by-election on July 24.
"Electors who have not yet received their poll cards can call the election hotline on 2891 1001," a spokesman for the REO said today (July 14).
"Electors are advised to read carefully the address of the designated polling station on their poll cards indicating where they should cast their votes," he said.
Together with the poll card, the REO has sent to every elector of the Fuk Loi Constituency a map showing the location of the designated polling station, a guide to the voting procedure, an Introduction to Candidates and a leaflet from the Independent Commission Against Corruption on clean elections.
A polling station located at the Holy Cross Lutheran School, 31 Lo Tak Court, Tsuen Wan, will open to electors from 7.30am to 10.30pm on the polling day.
For Fuk Loi Constituency electors who are remanded or detained by law enforcement agencies other than the Correctional Services Department (CSD) on the polling day, and who have expressed their wish to vote in the by-election, they will be arranged to cast their ballots at the dedicated polling station situated at the Hong Kong Police Lei Muk Shue Operational Base, 302 Wo Yi Hop Road, Kwai Chung. The polling hours will be from 7.30am to 10.30pm.
Should there be any Fuk Loi Constituency electors imprisoned or remanded in the CSD's custody on the polling day, they will be arranged to vote at the dedicated polling stations set up in their respective penal institutions. The REO will make an announcement on July 23 on the number of dedicated polling stations to be set up at penal institutions.
For security reasons, the polling hours for the dedicated polling stations at penal institutions will be from 9am to 4pm.
The voting procedure for electors and the venue setup at the dedicated polling stations are basically the same as those of the ordinary polling stations.
The two candidates contesting the by-election are Kot Siu-yuen (No. 1) and Mui Yee-ling (No. 2).
Ends/Thursday, July 14, 2011
Issued at HKT 15:05
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