A four-week voter registration campaign under the nomination exercise for arts representatives for the Arts Development Council will run June 29 to July 30.

A total of 185 individual arts workers and 231 arts organisations have been newly registered as members of the arts interest nominating bodies, bringing the total number to 1,183. A full list of the members of the specified nominating bodies will be gazetted tomorrow.

The individual arts workers specified in the gazette will automatically qualify as voters and need not register again in this phase. The arts organisations specified in the gazette must help their members register as voters. Arts organisations registered as members of nominating bodies in 2004 or before must submit fresh voter registration forms of their members.

Voters can nominate candidates, seek candidature and cast votes in the poll to be held later this year. A list of the nominated representatives will be submitted to the Chief Executive for consideration of appointment to the council in the next term.

Specified arts organisations will receive voter-registration and candidate-nomination guidelines and application forms, while specified individual arts workers will receive voter-notification letters, candidate-nomination guidelines and application forms. Those who do not receive these materials by July 6 should call 2520 2857. Guidelines and forms can also be downloaded from the Home Affairs Bureau's website.