YESTERDAY 5 OTHER SERVING ELECTED URBAN COUNCILLORS WERE RE-ELECTED
AS FOLLOWS:-
CONSTITUENCIES
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES
CAST IN THE CONSTITUENCY
84 PER CENT
CANDIDATES
CENTRAL AND WESTERN
MONG KOK
WONG TAI SIN NORTH
YAU MA TEI
MARIA TAM
EDMUND CHOW
CECILIA YEUNG
80 PER CENT
64 PER CENT
DR. DENNY HUANG
KOWLOON CITY WEST
PETER C.K. CHAN
68 PER CENT
45 PER CENT
MARIA TAM WON THE ELECTIONS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN WITH THE BIGGEST MAJORITY OF 84 PER CENT.
A FORMER URBAN COUNCILLOR, BROOK BERNACCHI, WAS ELECTED IN SHAU KEI WAN AND RECEIVED 60 PER CENT OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE CONSTITUENCY.
THE OTHER 6 CANDIDATES ELECTED ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
CONSTITUENCIES
SHAM SHUI PO EAST
SHAM SHUI PO WEST
KOWLOON CITY EAST
CANDIDATES
AGE
FUNG KIN-KEE
LEE CHIK-YUET
PAO PING-WING
29
OCCUPATION
SOCIAL WORKER
28
SOCIAL WORKER
35
SOCIAL WORKER
APPOINTED DB MEMBER
NORTH POINT
KWAN LIM-HO
35
SOLICITOR, ELECTED
DB MEMBER
SOUTHERN
CHAN YUEK-SUT,
JOSEPH
46
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL,
ELECTED D3 MEMBER
KWUN TONG EAST
LAM CHAK-PLU
40
GARMENT FACTORY
WORKER
2 OF THE ABOVE 6 CANDIDATES ELECTED ARE SERVING ELECTED DE MEMBERS AND DY-ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN THEIR DE CONSTITUENCIES IN MID-RAY.
THE CLOSEST RUN ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN KWUN TONG EAST, SHAM SHUI PO WEST AND NORTH POINT.
7 CANDIDATES WILL HAVE TO FORFEIT THEIR DEPOSITS BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED LESS THAT 1/3 OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST IN THEIR
CONSTITUENCIES.
THERE WAS EXTENSIVE COVERAGE, WITH PICTURES, IN THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS TODAY WHICH REPORTED FAVOURABLY ON THE RESULTS. SCMP REPORTED IT UNDER THE HEADING OF 'RECORD 127,303 VOTE' AND DESCRIBED IT AS 'NOT A DAD FIRST VOTING EFFORT'. THE PAPERS SAID
THAT THE ELECTIONS WERE PROOF THAT THE ATTITUDES OF THE
PEOPLE ARE CHANGING AND INTEREST GROWING. IT WAS THE LEAD STORY
IN THE 3 ENGLISH PAPERS AND THERE WAS ALSO INSIDE PAGE COVERAGE.
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