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Poll cards for a Sha Tin District Council by-election to be held on Sunday (March 11) have been posted to some 9,500 electors in the Kam Ying Constituency.
"Those who have not yet received their poll cards can make enquiries to the Election Hotline, 2891 1001," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said today (March 6).
Electors of the constituency also should have received an appeal letter from the Returning Officer, a map of the polling station, a guide to voting, an ICAC leaflet on clean elections and a leaflet introducing the candidates.
Particulars of the four candidates contesting the by-election, in the order of candidate number, name, occupation and political affiliation, are as follows:
Candidate No: 1
Wong Huk Kam
Solicitor
Political affiliation: The Frontier
Candidate No: 2
Wong Shun Loy
Certified public accountant (practising)
Political affiliation: Liberal Party
Candidate No: 3
Chan Ming Hung
Policy researcher
Political affiliation: The Democratic Party
Candidate No: 4
Tong Po Chun
Principal
Political affiliation: ---
Two polling stations - one at Ng Clan's Association Tai Pak Memorial School, Kam Ying Court, Ma On Shan, Sha Tin, and the other at FDBWA Mrs Fung Ping Shan Primary School, 2 On Shing Street, Ma On Shan, Sha Tin - will be open from 7.30am to 10.30pm on Sunday for electors to cast their votes.
The two polling stations will also be used as counting stations after the poll is closed. Ng Clan's Association Tai Pak Memorial School has been designated as the dominant counting station, where the result of the by-election will be announced.
The elected candidate will fill a vacant seat in the Sha Tin District Council.
Ends/Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:26
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