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The Home Affairs Department appeals to registered electors to exercise their right to vote in the village representative by-election to be held this Sunday (November 27).
Ten Village Representative vacancies are open in the by-election and 15 valid nominations were received during the nomination period.
There are three candidates running for the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative post of Luk Keng Chan Uk of the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee; three candidates running for the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative post of Yuen Kong San Tsuen of the Pat Heung Rural Committee; two candidates running for the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative post of Ping Chau Tai Tong of the Sai Kung North Rural Committee; and two candidates running for the Resident Representative post of Tong Hang (Upper) of the Fanling District Rural Committee. Polling will be held for the villages.
Five candidates were returned uncontested in their villages to be the Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives of Cheung Sha Lower Village and Leng Pei Tsuen; and Resident Representatives of Long Keng, Mui Shue Hang and Ha Hang. No valid nomination was received for Kwong Shan Tsuen.
The list of valid nominations is as follows:
Village Name
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Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives:
Cheung Sha Lower Village Lai Yau-shing
(uncontested)
Leng Pei Tsuen Chan Hing-choi
(uncontested)
Luk Keng Chan Uk* Chan Chi-shing;
Chan Wai-hong;
Chan Wai-wing, Kevin
Ping Chau Tai Tong* Chow Chi-fu;
Tang Shing-hung
Yuen Kong San Tsuen* Yeung Pak-hung;
Yeung Lai-wing;
Yeung Kwok-wah
Resident Representatives:
Tong Hang (Upper) * Yau Chung-ning;
Yau Wai-pang
Long Keng Herve Henri Bouvresse
(uncontested)
Mui Shue Hang Lau Wai-chung
(uncontested)
Ha Hang Lee Sun (uncontested)
(* polling required)
Polling will be held from noon to 7pm on November 27. Electors are required to bring their identity documents to the designated polling station as specified in the polling notice.
There will be arrangements to facilitate remanded persons and detainees who are registered electors to cast their votes in the by-election.
Arrangements will be made for electors who are remanded or detained by law enforcement agencies (other than the Correctional Services Department) to cast their votes at the dedicated polling station located at Mei Tin Community Hall, 9 Mei Mun Lane, Tai Wai, Sha Tin, New Territories. The polling hours are from noon to 7pm.
If necessary, 22 reserved dedicated polling stations set up in penal institutions will be open for voting from 1pm to 4pm for electors under the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
For further information, please visit the Village Representative Elections website, www.had.gov.hk/vre, or call 2152 1521.
Ends/Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Issued at HKT 12:19
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