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52 electors (0.66%) in the King Tin Constituency turned out to vote in the Kwun Tong District Council by-election in the first hour of polling which started at 7.30am today (October 23). (The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.)
Two polling stations - one at FDBWA Szeto Ho Secondary School, 7 Kai Tin Road, Lam Tin, and the other at Lam Tin (West) Estate Community Centre, 71 Kai Tin Road, Lam Tin are open until 10.30pm today for the constituencyˇ¦s 7,839 registered electors to cast their votes.
Electors are assigned to a polling station in accordance with their registered residential address. A spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said that electors should check their poll card to see which polling station to visit.
The three candidates contesting the by-election are: No 1, Mr Li Wah Ming; No 2, Mr Cheung Shun Wah; and No 3, Mr Chan Man Luen Ying.
The Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Mr Justice Woo Kwok-hing, and two members, Mr Lawrence Lok Ying-kam, SC, and Professor Andrew Chan Chi-fai, will inspect polling and counting stations.
The spokesman urged electors to cast their votes as early as possible.
"Voting is very simple. It takes only a few minutes," he said.
"All a voter needs to do is to show his identity card at his assigned polling station, and use the chop provided to stamp the ballot paper with a 'tick' in the circle opposite the candidate of his choice before he puts the ballot paper in the ballot box."
The two polling stations for the by-election will be turned into counting stations after the poll is closed. People are welcome to view the counting of votes at the designated area inside both counting stations.
FDBWA Szeto Ho Secondary School has been designated as the dominant counting station, where the results of the poll will be announced.
An election hotline, 2891 1001, will operate until 11pm to answer enquiries about electoral matters, including the location of the polling stations.
A complaints hotline, 2827 7251, will also operate until 10.30pm to handle complaints about breaches of electoral rules and guidelines.
Ends/Sunday, October 23, 2005
Issued at HKT 08:52
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