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The nomination of candidates for the 2015 Village Representative Election and Kaifong Representative Election will start tomorrow (November 14) and end on November 27.
There are two types of village representatives, namely Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives (IIR) and Resident Representatives (RR). For the IIR Election, a candidate must be an indigenous inhabitant as well as an elector of the Indigenous Village/Composite Indigenous Village and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong.
For the RR Election, a candidate must be a resident of the Existing Village and have resided there for six years immediately preceding the nomination. He or she must also be an elector of the Village.
For the Kaifong Representative Election, a candidate must be a resident of the relevant Market Town (Cheung Chau/Peng Chau) and have resided there for six years immediately preceding the nomination. He or she must also be an elector of the relevant Market Town (Cheung Chau/Peng Chau).
Candidates of both the Village Representative Election and the Kaifong Representative Election must be Hong Kong permanent residents aged 21 or above. No person is allowed to stand as a candidate in both the Village Representative Election and the Kaifong Representative Election or in more than one village. Each candidate must be nominated by at least five electors from that Village/Market Town, while each elector can make nominations not exceeding the number of village representatives/kaifong representatives for the respective Village/Market Town.
Nomination forms are available at the Public Enquiry Service Centres of New Territories District Offices, the Home Affairs Department Headquarters and the Rural Representative Election website (www.had.gov.hk/rre).
Nomination forms must be submitted in person on or before November 27 to the Returning Officers, who are the District Officers for the respective Villages/Market Towns, between 9am and 5pm from Mondays to Fridays, and from 9am to noon on Saturdays, except public holidays.
A gazette notice on valid nominations will be published within 14 days after the nomination period. Each validly nominated candidate will be informed separately.
For enquiries, please call 2152 1521 or visit the Rural Representative Election website.
Ends/Thursday, November 13, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:31
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