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Electors of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council Jordan East constituency are urged to vote in the by-election in their constituency tomorrow (October 5).
A polling station will be open to electors from 7.30am to 10.30pm tomorrow. It is located at Jordan Road Government Primary School, 1B Nanking Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.
The five candidates contesting the by-election are: No. 1, Li King-wah; No. 2, Lau Wai-kwong; No. 3, Ip Ngo-tung Chris; No. 4, Ng Po-shan Austen; and No. 5, Lung Wai-man James.
"Voting is simple. It will take just a few minutes for electors to vote," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said today (October 4).
"All an elector needs to do is to show his identity card at the polling station, use the chop provided to stamp the ballot paper with a 'tick' in the circle opposite the name of the chosen candidate, and fold the ballot paper inward in half before putting it into the ballot box," the spokesman said.
The spokesman reminded people that in accordance with the law, the polling station is a restricted area accessible only to electors and authorised people.
"Unauthorised people are strictly prohibited from using mobile phones, taking photographs, filming or making video or audio recordings in the polling station," he said.
An election hotline, 2891 1001, will be in service from 7am to 11pm tomorrow to answer enquiries relating to the by-election.
A complaints hotline, 2827 7251, will also operate during the polling hours (from 7.30am to 10.30pm tomorrow) to handle complaints about breaches of electoral rules and guidelines.
Once the poll is closed, the polling station will be turned into a counting station, and the public are welcome to observe the counting of votes in the designated area in the counting station. The Returning Officer will announce the election results at the counting station.
The elected candidate will fill a vacant seat in the Yau Tsim Mong District Council.
Ends/Saturday, October 4, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:31
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