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The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has mailed poll cards to more than 8 600 registered electors of the San Fu Constituency to remind them to vote in the Tai Po District Council by-election on July 19.
"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 9).
"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 cards, the REO has sent to every elector of the San Fu Constituency a map showing the location of the designated polling station, a Guide on Voting Procedure, an Introduction to Candidates and a leaflet from the Independent Commission Against Corruption on clean elections.
Two polling stations will open to electors from 7.30am to 10.30pm on the polling day. They are located at Law Ting Pong Secondary School, 8 Ma Chung Road, Tai Po, New Territories, and Norwegian International School, 170 Kam Shan Road, Tai Po, New Territories.
If any San Fu Constituency electors who are remanded or detained by law enforcement agencies other than the Correctional Services Department (CSD) on the polling day wish to vote in the by-election, they will be arranged to cast their ballots at the dedicated polling station located at Sheung Shui Divisional Police Station, 8 Sha Tau Kok Road, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, New Territories. The polling hours will be from 7.30am to 10.30pm.
Should there be any San Fu Constituency electors imprisoned or remanded in the CSD's custody on the polling day, arrangements will be made for them to vote at dedicated polling stations set up in their respective penal institutions. The REO will make an announcement on July 18 on the number of dedicated polling stations to be set up in penal institutions.
For security reasons, polling hours for the dedicated polling stations in penal institutions will be from 9am to 4pm.
The voting procedure for electors and the venue setup at the dedicated polling stations will be basically the same as those of the ordinary polling stations.
The three candidates contesting the by-election are Ho Man-kit (No. 1), Lo Hiu-fung (No. 2) and Kwok Wing-kin (No. 3).
Ends/Thursday, July 9, 2015
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