MOST CHINESE PAPERS GAVE PROMINENT AND PICTORIAL COVERAGE TO THE UC ELECTIONS. FINANCIAL DAILY, HK DAILY, WAH KIU YAT PO AND TA KUNG PAO COMMENTED THAT IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION. THE PAPERS HOPED THAT THE ELECTED MEMBERS WOULD KEEP THEIR PROMISES AND PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN MAKING HK A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. WEN WEI PAO AND TA KUNG PAO ALSO GAVE FACTUAL COVERAGE OF THE ELECTIONS.
THE TURNOUT IS ENCOURAGING. IT IS A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF INTEREST IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS FOR ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR COUNCILS. SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS WILL PROVE LIVELY.
THE CANDIDATES' CAMPAIGN THEMES, FELL INTO THREE CATEGORIES:
A. MATTERS OF LOCAL CONCERN :
COMMUNITY FACILITIES, HAWKERS AND MARKETS, HOUSING, SCHOOLS, LAW AND ORDER, TRAFFIC, SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENTS, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SINGLE-DISTRICT ISSUES SUCH AS THE NEED FOR A
HOSPITAL IN EASTERN OR A TOWN HALL IN KWUN TONG.
D. MATTERS OF TERRITORY-WIDE CONCERN :
EDUCATION, INCLUDING ABOLITION OF THE JSEA TEST, INFLATION, SOCIAL SECURITY, MONITORING OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, RELATIONS PETWEEN URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS.
C. BROADER POLITICAL' ISSUES :
ONE CANDIDATE ADVOCATED SELF-GOVERNMENT AND IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN UK, HK AND CHINA, ANOTHER CITED CONFIDENCE IN HK'S FUTURE. ON THE WHOLE THOUGH THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WAS NOT
A MAJOR ELECTIONEERING THEME.
VARIOUS PRESSURE GROUPS PARTICIPATED IN THE ELECTION, (THOUGH NOT ALWAYS IN AN ORGANISED MANNER). THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HOUSING POLICY HAS TWO SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES, REPRESENTING SHAM SHUI PO EAST AND KWUN TONG EAST. AN INDEPENDENT WITH SUCO SUPPORT WON SHAM SHUI PO WEST.
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