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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1989
ON VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION, MR BARNES SAID HE WITH THE LEADER OF THE VIETNAMESE DELEGATION THE SECOND SENT BACK TO VIETNAM.
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"HE SAID HE WAS KEEN TO SEE THIS CONDUCTED FAST, AND HE ALSO EXPRESSED AGREEMENT WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LARGER GROUP GOING BACK THIS TIME, MR BARNES SAID.
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"WE HAVE 150 NAMES ON THE LIST FOR THE SECOND BATCH; IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE VIETNAMESE GO BACK.
BOAT PEOPLE TO
REGULAR REVIEW OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS: SCA
A REVIEW OF THE
ELECTORAL
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
IT WAS NORMAL PRACTICE TO MAKE SUCH A REVIEW FOLLOWING AN ELECTION, MR SUEN SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE CONCERNING THE ELECTIONS HELD YESTERDAY.
"THE REPORT OF THIS REVIEW WILL BE CONSIDERED 1N CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE OF THE REVIEWS CARRIED OUT AFTER THE 1988 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AND THE 1988 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, HE SAID.
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"ANY IMPROVEMENT MEASURES CONSIDERED NECESSARY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE NEXT CYCLE OF ELECTIONS STARTING IN 1991.'
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHED TO OFFER THEIR VIEWS WERE REQUESTED TO SEND THEM TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH, HE SAID.
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MR SUEN NOTED THAT 14 OUT OF THE 27 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 40, AND THE REMAINING 13 WERE AGED BETWEEN 41 AND 75.
THEY COMPRISED ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTIVES, TEACHERS, LAWYERS. SOCIAL WORKERS, RESEARCH STUDENTS, AND PEOPLE IN OTHER FIELDS.
THE ELECTIONS HAD ATTRACTED A TOTAL OF 53 CANDIDATES.
SEVEN CANDIDATES WERE ELECTED UNOPPOSED
COUNCIL AND THREE TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
FOUR TO THE URBAN
OF THE REMAINING 46 CANDIDATES, 20 WERE ELECTED то FILL THE OTHER 11 SEATS IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND NINE SEATS IN THE REGIONAL
COUNCIL.
NINETEEN INCUMBENT