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C. SIGNATURE CAMPAIGNS AND SIMILAR DOCUMENTS
17.13
The Office received one campaign that covered the age of entitlement to vote. It contained 335 names and advocated that the voting age should be lowered to 18 in 1988.
PART II
THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CANDIDATURE
A. DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; DEBATES OR FORMAL MEETINGS OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
AND DISTRICT BOARDS; AND SUBMISSIONS FROM GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
17.14 Tabulated below are the views on the age of eligibility for candidature expressed through the above sources.
BROAD VIEWS
IN RESPECT OF THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CANDIDATURE
To make no change to the age of eligibility for candidature i.e. to remain at 21 years
To lower the age to 18 years
To raise the age
Other views
Total
LegCo UC RC
DBS
Green
Groups and Associations
Individuals & Groups of individuals
Paper
Option
No. of Speakers
in Debates/Meetings
No. of submissions
No. of submissions
No. of individuals represented
1
3
1
23
16
1 332
1 406
0
1
O O
100
101
117
125
1
0
3
6
67
86
2
4
27
22
1616
1 718
17.15 of the 77 other broad views expressed, there were various proposals such as imposing on candidates a residential requirement of at least 15 years in Hong Kong, or requiring them to meet certain educational criteria or to have previous experience of community service.
17.16 Other comments on the subject of eligibility for candidature included:
(a) barring members of triad societies from candidature to District Boards elections;
(b) excluding those with dual nationalities from candidature; and
(c) examination by the Government of the personal particulars of candidates for District Board
elections and subsequent public release of this information.
B. PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS
17.17 This subject was not covered in the two surveys commissioned by the Office.
17.18 A total of four surveys conducted by or on behalf of other organisations covered this subject, of which one involved probability (random) sampling and three involved no such sampling.
17.19 The following table broadly summarises the findings of the survey involving probability (random) sampling, which targeted a specific population group with a sample size of 1 334 respondents.
Summarised Options
Surveys covering specific population groups (1 survey)
To make no change to the age of eligibility for candidature, i.e. to remain at 21 years
To lower the age to 18 years
No comment/no opinion
69
%
91
8
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