After polls close at 8pm on Sep 11, and until 30 minutes after the announcement of the last result, electoral candidates, their supporters and members of the public may gather at 18 designated assembly centres to await the announcement of the results, the police said on Monday (Sep 7).
Permit applications for the assembly centres must be made in person by a candidate or his election agent at the Police Elections Permit Office (PEPO) between 8.30am and 2.30pm on Sep 9 to 10. No fees will be levied by police for the permit. Application forms for the permit can be obtained from the PEPO office and may also be downloaded from the police website at www.spf.gov.sg/elections.
Police have grouped the electoral divisions into three zones. The assembly centre sites available in each zone are:
Contesting parties and independent candidates can only apply for one assembly centre site in each zone that it is contesting in. Where there is more than one applicant for a particular assembly centre site, a ballot will be conducted, police said.
Contesting parties and independent candidates can also apply for a permit to use an indoor site as an assembly centre. The indoor site has to be within the zone that they are contesting in.
The list of assembly centres allocated to contesting parties and independent candidates will be announced on Sep 10, after the close of permit applications.
The Police Elections Permits Office (PEPO) will conduct a briefing on the application procedures for Assembly Centres on Tuesday (Sep 8) at 9am, at Police Cantonment Complex (2nd Level), 391 New Bridge Road, Singapore 088762. Candidates or their Election Agents are invited to attend the briefing, police said.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
