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+ BUT I THINK TO TRY TO DO A COUNT AT THIS STAGE IS MEANINGLESS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE POLLING STATIONS.
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+1 AM SURE, PARTICULARLY FOR THE TEACHING CONSTITUENCY, THAT A LOT MORE PEOPLE WILL TURN OUT TONIGHT.
+I THINK WE CAN LEAVE IT TO THE GOOD SENSE OF THE VOTERS.
I AM SURE THEY ARE ALL VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS WHOLE ELECTION,+ HE SAID.
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HIGH TURN-OUT IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES ******
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THIS MORNING'S HIGH TURN-OUT RATE IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE CONSTITUENCIES HAD A 100 PER CENT TURN-OUT RATE, MR LIAO SAID.
HE ALSO DESCRIBED THE MORNING'S ELECTIONS AS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.
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MR LIAO SAID THAT THE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS AND BACKGROUNDS OF THE SEVEN CANDIDATES ELECTED THIS MORNING INDICATED THERE WAS NO DOMINATION OF A PARTICULAR SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY.
+THIS MEANS THERE WILL BE A BALANCED REPRESENTATION IN THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE,+ HE SAID.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE ELECTIONS MARKED AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR THE DISTRICT BOARDS, AS THEY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL.
DURING THE MORNING'S ELECTIONS, THREE CANDIDATES WERE RETURNED IN THE FIRST POLL, WHILE FOUR WERE ELECTED AFTER A SECOND POLL.
7 ELECTED IN DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES SO FAR ******
SEVEN CANDIDATES IN THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WERE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY.
THREE OF THEM WERE ELECTED AFTER THE FIRST POLL, AND THE OTHER FOUR AFTER A SECOND.
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