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FINE DAY SHOULD HELP TURNOUT
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LIAO
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, THIS MORNING EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE VOTER TURNOUT IN TODAY'S URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS WOULD BE AT LEAST AS GOOD AS IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS.
HE MADE THE COMMENT AFTER CASTING THE FIRST BALLOT IN THE NEW METHOD COLLEGE POLLING STATION IN KOWLOON CITY, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.
+ THE WEATHER IS FINE TODAY AND AM CONFIDENT THAT THE VOTER TURNOUT THIS TIME WILL BE AT LEAST AS GOOD AS IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS AS PREPARATION WORK WAS DONE PROPERLY AND ADEQUATELY. I WOULD LIKE TO URGE ALL REGISTERED VOTERS TO CAST THEIR VOTES, HE SAID.
ASKED HOW HE CHOSE THE PERSON HE VOTED FOR, MR LIAO SAID: +IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION AS ALL FOUR CANDIDATES ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND KEEN TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. BUT, OF COURSE, I CHOSE THE ONE WHOM IN MY OPINION WOULD BE BEST SUITED TO WORK FOR THE INTEREST OF MY DISTRICT.+
HE ADDED THAT HE HAD READ ALL THE PLATFORMS OF THE CANDIDATES HE RECEIVED THROUGH THE POST AS WELL AS THOSE PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS.
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A TOTAL OF 79 CANDIDATES ARE CONTESTING THE 27 SEATS IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND 12 IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
THERE ARE TWO UNCONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES, ONE IN KOWLOON CITY EAST, WON BY MR PAO PING-WING, AND ANOTHER IN KWAI CHUNG WEST AND TSING YI, WON BY MR WONG MAN-TAI.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 1.34 MILLION ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN BOTH THE
JR BAN AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
THE 302 POLLING STATIONS IN THE 19 DISTRICTS OPENED AT 7.30 AM AND WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL 10.30 PM.
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