HK TAKES SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD
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TSAO
HONG KONG'S FIRST-EVER ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CAME TO A CLIMATIC END AT 4.15 AM TODAY (FRIDAY) WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FINAL RESULT THE TEACHING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY WHICH VOTED IN MR SZETO WAH.
FROM EARLY YESTERDAY EVENING, THE NAMES OF THE SIX OTHER SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WERE ANNOUNCED AT THE COUNTING CENTRE SET UP IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHA1.
THEY ARE MR MARTIN LEE OF THE LEGAL CONSTITUENCY, MR THOMAS CLYDESDALE OF COMMERCIAL I, MR NGAI SHIU-KIT OF INDUSTRIAL II, MR HUI YIN-FAT REPRESENTING THE SOCIAL SERVICES CAMP, DR CHIU HIN-KWONG OF THE MEDICAL CONSTITUENCY AND MR CHENG HON-KWAN BEING THE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PLANNING CANDIDATE.
THEY WILL BE JOINING 11 OTHERS FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES WHO CAME THROUGH EARLIER IN THE DAY YESTERDAY.
THESE ARE:
MR ANDREW WONG WANG-FAT
DR RICHARD LAI
MR TAI CHIN-WAH
MR LEE YU-TAI
MR LIU LIT-FOR
DR DANIEL TSE CHI-WA|
MR POON CHI-FAI
NEW TERRITORIES (EAST)
NEW TERRITORIES (SOUTH)
NEW TERRITORIES (WEST)
HONG KONG ISLAND (EAST)
HONG KONG ISLAND (WEST)
KOWLOON CITY
KWUN TONG
MR CHUNG PUL-LAR
SHAM SHUI PO
MR JACKIE CHAN CHAI-KEUNG
SOUTH KOWLOON
DR CONRAD LAM KUI-SHING
WONG TAI SIN
URBAN COUNCIL
MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN
THEY
SIX MEMBERS HAD EARLIER BEEN RETURNED UNCONTESTED. ARE MR LAU WONG-FAT OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCY, MR HO SAI-CHU OF COMMERCIAL 11, MR STEPHEN CHEONG KAM-CHUEN OF INDUSTRIAL I MR DAVID LI KWOK-PO REPRESENTING THE FINANCIAL CONSTITUENCY, MR PANG CHUN-HO! AND MR TAM YIU-CHUNG, BOTH FROM THE LABOUR CONSTITUENCY.
/WHEN POLLING