The Home Affairs Department today appealed to eligible registered electors to vote this Sunday in the Sha Lo Tung Cheung Uk, Kam Tsin Wai Tsuen, Wa Shan Tsuen and Yung Shue Ha Indigenous Inhabitant Representative Elections, and the Lin Fa Tei Resident Representative Election.

Nineteen Rural Representative vacancies are open in the by-election, and 19 valid nominations were received during the nomination period.

Two candidates are running for Indigenous Inhabitant Representative posts on each of the following committees: the Tai Po Rural Committee in Sha Lo Tung Cheung Uk; the Pat Heung Rural Committee in Kam Tsin Wai Tsuen; the Sheung Shui District Rural Committee in Wa Shan Tsuen; and the Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee in Yung Shue Ha. Two candidates are also running for a Resident Representative post on the Pat Heung Rural Committee in Lin Fa Tei.

Polling will be held for these five vacancies.

The other nine candidates were returned uncontested. These are the candidates to be Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives of Ha Yeung, Tai Po Mei, Kat O, Ma Wan Main Street and San Tong Po, and the candidates to be Resident Representatives of Sheung Ling Pei, Shek Pik San Tsuen, Wo Liu Hang and Sha Tau Kok Market (West Lower).

No valid nominations were received for the remaining five vacancies, including the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative vacancy at Kwan Mun Hau, and the Resident Representative vacancies at Shan Pui Chung Hau (I), Shui Tin Tsuen, Tai Po and Tap Mun.

Polling will be held from noon to 7pm.

The department reminded electors to bring along their original identity documents, or other specific alternative documents, to the polling station as specified in the polling notice.