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In response to media enquiries, a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said today (June 6) that, based on the information validated as at June 6, the number of registered voters for Election Committee subsectors is estimated to increase from about 200,000 last year to about 220,000. This figure has taken into account the number of new registrations, and omission cases due to out-dated addresses, death of voters, and voters no longer eligible for registration.
The 2006 provisional registers will be published by June 15, and further information will be released then.
The deadline for registered voters to update their registration particulars is June 29. Registered voters are advised to report to the REO any change in address or other registration particulars by the deadline. Otherwise, their eligibility to vote may be affected.
Ends/Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Issued at HKT 19:25
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