HAB urges eligible arts organisations to submit voter registration forms for 2016 HKADC Nomination Exercise
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With the completion of Phase 1 of the Nomination Exercise – registration by arts organisations and individual arts workers - a total of 674 arts organisations are eligible to participate in the 2016 Nomination Exercise. Their names were published in the Gazette on August 12 and can be downloaded from the Nomination Exercise website: www.voteforhkadc2016.hk.
An HAB spokesman said, "We call upon eligible arts organisations to take immediate action to help their members/employees register within this last week of registration. The registered voters may take part in the subsequent phases of the 2016 Nomination Exercise including nomination of candidates, electioneering and polling."
The eligible arts organisations should submit the Voter Registration Form for their members/employees and return it to Instinctif Partners (Hong Kong) Limited, the Nomination Agent appointed by the HAB, before 5pm on September 15. The Guidelines for Voter Registration and the Voter Registration Form can be downloaded from the website www.voteforhkadc2016.hk. The eligible arts organisations may help their members/employees who fulfil one of the following criteria to register as voters:
(i) be a member who has joined the organisation for not less than one year prior to March 29, 2016; or
(ii) be an employee of the organisation and directly involved in arts creation, direction or performance in the organisation for not less than one year prior to March 29, 2016; or
(iii) be a full-time employee in the organisation and responsible for co-ordination or promotion of arts events or stage management (not including employees involved in general administration, finance, human resources and other technical support duties) in the organisation for not less than one year prior to March 29, 2016.
Arts organisations which submitted voter registration forms in the Nomination Exercise in 2013 or in previous Nomination Exercises must submit new voter registration forms for their members/employees this year.
Individual arts workers published in the Gazette on August 12 will automatically become voters and further registration is not required.
The HKADC is a statutory body set up to promote the development of the arts in Hong Kong. The Chief Executive may appoint up to 10 persons nominated by the specified arts interests. The 10 specified arts interests are Arts Administration, Arts Criticism, Arts Education, Chinese Opera (Xiqu), Dance, Drama, Film Arts, Literary Arts, Music and Visual Arts. The current term of office of the HKADC members will expire on December 31, 2016. An exercise is being conducted to nominate arts interests representatives for the Chief Executive's consideration of appointment as members of the HKADC for the next term.
The 2016 Nomination Exercise is being conducted in four phases as follows:
Phase 1: Registration by arts organisations and individual arts workers (March 29 to May 27)
Phase 2: Voter registration by arts organisations (August 12 to September 15)
Phase 3: Candidate nomination (October) (tentative)
Phase 4: Electioneering and polling (October and November) (tentative)
Ends/Thursday, September 8, 2016
Issued at HKT 10:00
Issued at HKT 10:00
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