MONG KOK
SHAM SHUI PO EAST
SHAM SHUI PO WEST
WONG TAI SIN SOUTH
WONG TAI SIN NORTH
YAU MA TEI
CHAN KWOK-MING
FUNG KIN-KEE
LEE CHIK-YUET
. FOK PUI-YEE
YEUNG LAI-YIN, CECILIA
KWAN LIM-HO
REGIONAL COUNCIL
ISLANDS
NORTH
SAI KUNG
SHA TIN EAST
SHA TIN WEST
ΤΑΙ ΡΟ
TSUEN WAN
TUEN MUN EAST
TUEN MUN WEST
YUEN LONG
KWAI CHUNG EAST
KWAI CHUNG WEST AND
TSING YI (UNCONTESTED)
PUBLIC REACTION.
NAME
KWONG PING-YAU
TANG KWOK-YUNG
WONG SHUI-SANG
CHEUNG CHI-YUEN
LAU KONG-WAH
LA! KAM-CHEUNG, MICHAEL CHAN WAI-YIP, ALBERT
TSANG KWONG-YUEN
NG MING-YUM
TANG KAM-FAT
LEE WING-TAT
WONG MAN-TAI, JAMES
7. THE ELECTIONS WERE ORDERLY AND ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE MEDIA AND
PUBLIC INTEREST. THERE WAS SPECULATION THAT THE RESULT OF THESE
ELECTIONS WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANY BEARING ON THE QUESTIONS OF DIRECT
ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE •
GOVERNMENT IN 1987. THERE WAS ALSO SOME CRITICISM THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT LAUNCHED SUFFICIENT PUBILICITY TO PROMOTE THE
ELECTIONS.
LINE TO TAKE.
8. (A) THE ELECTIONS SHOULD BE VIEWED IN THEIR OWN CONTEXT AND
SHOULD NOT BE LINKED TO THE VARIOUS ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE
1997 REVIEW.
(B) HKG HAS SPENT DOLLARS 1.1M IN PUBLICISING THE URBAN COUNCIL/ REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS AS COMPARED WITH DOLLARS 820,000 FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH 1985. THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES
SHOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE ELECTORS TO TURN OUT TO VOTE.
(C) THE TURNOUT IN THE ELECTIONS IS INDEED TREMARKABLE BEARING IN MIND THAT THERE WERE ONLY 77 CANDIDATES IN 25 CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES (SEE PARAGRAPH 4) WHICH IS 7 TIMES LESS THAN THE
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES IN THE LAST DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
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