The main features of the Village Representative elections include:

• All Village Representatives will be elected



• Villages, both indigenous and non-indigenous villages, which are now included in the village representation system in the New Territories, will be covered by the electoral arrangements



• In general, the tenure of office of Village Representatives is four years (for this term of Village Representatives, the tenure of office will run from 1.4.2011 to 31.3.2015)



• There are two types of Village Representatives, namely



(i) Indigenous Inhabitant Representative representing indigenous inhabitants* of an Indigenous Village; and

(ii) Resident Representative representing all residents of an Existing Village

*Indigenous Inhabitant --
in relation to an Indigenous Village that existed in 1898 (whether or not the name the Village now has is the same name it had in 1898) means
(i) a person who was in 1898 a resident of the Village; or
(ii) a person who is descended through the male line from a person mentioned in (i).