The 2017 provisional register and the omissions list for the Rural Representative Election (RRE) are available for public inspection during office hours from today (August 25) to September 9.

     A full copy of the provisional register and the omissions list can be inspected during office hours (Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm) at the office of the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) at the Home Affairs Department, 30/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai. The relevant sections for individual districts can be inspected at the offices of the Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) in the respective New Territories District Offices.

     The names and relevant particulars of voters recorded in the Existing Villages register, the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages register and the Market Towns register will be available for public inspection. Particulars of persons who are no longer eligible for registration as voters will be shown on the omissions list.

     Anyone who considers a registered person not eligible for registration may lodge a notice of objection at the office of the ERO or the relevant AERO during office hours on or before September 9. Objections must be lodged in person.

     Anyone who has made an application for registration but whose name is not recorded in the provisional register, or is included on the omissions list, or has a claim to make about his or her particulars in the register, may lodge a notice of claim in person during the above-mentioned period.

     Those whose principal residential address is not in Hong Kong may also submit a notice of claim in person, by post, fax or electronic means (an electronic record authenticated by a digital signature), or through a person authorised by them in writing. Notices of claim must reach the office of the ERO or the relevant AERO during the above-mentioned period (Hong Kong time).

     As September 9 is a Saturday, the duly completed and signed notice of objection or notice of claim must reach the office of the ERO or the relevant AERO during office hours on or before September 8.

     Notices of objection and notices of claim can be obtained from the ERO office and the AERO offices at the relevant District Offices. They can also be downloaded from the RRE website (www.had.gov.hk/rre).

     For further details, please call 2152 1521 or visit the RRE website.

Ends/Friday, August 25, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00

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