Nomination period for Village Representative By-election gazetted (9 March 2012)
The Government gazetted the nomination period for the Village Representative By-election today (March 9).
Six Village Representative vacancies will be open for nominations from March 15 until March 28.
The by-election will cover three Resident Representatives for three Existing Villages, namely Muk Min Tau and Tsiu Hang, Kau Wah Keng San Tsuen (also known as Kau Wah San Tsuen) and Kwong Shan Tsuen. The by-election will also cover three Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives for three Indigenous Villages, namely Fung Hang, Tsung Pak Long and San Tau Kok.
To be eligible for an Indigenous Inhabitant Representative By-election, a candidate must be an indigenous inhabitant as well as an elector of the indigenous village and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong.
For a Resident Representative By-election, a candidate must be a resident of the Existing Village and has been a resident of the Village for six years immediately preceding the nomination. His/her principal residential address must be in the Village and "principal residential address" means the address of the dwelling place at which the candidate resides, which should constitute his/her sole or main home. The candidate must also be an elector of the Village.
All candidates of both categories must be permanent Hong Kong residents aged 21 or above and each candidate must be nominated by at least five electors from that village. Each elector may nominate only one candidate for his or her village. No one can stand as a candidate in more than one village.
Nomination forms will be available at the Public Enquiry Service Centres of the New Territories District Offices, the Home Affairs Department and the Village Representative Election website (
www.had.gov.hk/vre
).
Nomination forms must be submitted in person to the Returning Officer, that is, the District Officer of the respective village, by 5pm on March 28.
A spokesman for the Home Affairs Department said that if there was more than one validly nominated candidate for the same village, a poll would be held for that village on April 22 (Sunday). Eligible voters will receive a polling notice which specifies the date, time and place of the poll.
For enquiries, please call 2152 1521.
Ends/Friday, March 9, 2012
Issued at HKT 10:00
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