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EXPENDITURE ON MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS
ON PUBLICISING THE
THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT ABOUT $1 MILLION MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN 1986 AND $0.86 MILLION IN 1989.
RONALD CHOW IN IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON
CHIEF SECRETARY, THE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE
THE THAT
LOWER EXPENDITURE RESULTED HON SIR DAVID FORD, EXPLAINED
OF ELIMINATION
ACTIVITIES
HAD MAINLY FROM THE
PROVED LESS SAVING EFFECTIVE, SUCH AS VARIETY SHOWS. AND THE INTRODUCTION OF COST MEASURES, FOR EXAMPLE IN STANDARDISING PUBLICITY MATERIAL.
THAT
79 IN INCREASED PUBLICITY
CANDIDATES REDUCED FROM 79 "IN ADDITION, THE NUMBERS OF 1986 TO 53 IN 1989, WHILE THE NUMBERS OF UNCONTESTED SEATS THE EFFECT OF LOWERING FROM TWO TO SEVEN. THIS ALSO HAD COSTS TO SOME EXTENT," SIR DAVID SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN PRACTICE, THE QUALITY AND WERE VERY SIMILAR THE GOVERNMENT'S PUBLICITY EFFORTS PROVIDED IN 1986.
INTENSITY OF то WHAT WAS
BOARD ELECTIONS IN EXPENDITURE ON PUBLICITY FOR THE DISTRICT
THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED MARCH 1988 WAS $1.43 MILLION. HOWEVER,
THE MUNICIPAL OUT THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE TO MAKE COMPARISONS WITH
THE FAR GREATER COUNCIL ELECTIONS GIVEN
NUMBER OF CONSTITUENCIES
INVOLVED.
ON PUBLICITY
TO
PARTICIPATION
IT WAS ARRANGED
IN
THE
ELECTORS' ENCOURAGE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN 1989, SIR DAVID SAID ON BOTH A TERRITORY-WIDE AND A DISTRICT BASIS.
IT
INCLUDED
DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
NEWSPAPERS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MASS MEDIA,
PUBLIC PLACES, SPECIAL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY BANNERS IN
FOR CANDIDATES'
DISPLAY OF ISSUES OF
AND ARRANGEMENTS
ΤΟ
MEET
LEAFLETS PROVIDING INFORMATION ON POLLING CANDIDATES WERE MAILED TO REGISTERED ELECTORS, IN POLL CARDS.
PROCEDURES AND THE ADDITION TO THEIR
"GOVERNMENT'S
PUBLICITY EFFORTS WERE COMPLEMENTED BY MASS
ELECTIONS AND THE CANDIDATES ' OWN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE
ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
IN THIS YEAR'S MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
IN CARDS WERE SENT TO ELECTORS LIVING AND 30,710 WERE RETURNED UNDELIVERED.
POLL
ELECTIONS, 1,211,109 THE CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES
"CHANGE OF ADDRESS WAS NOT THEREFORE A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE
то VOTER TURNOUT. NEVERTHELESS, GOVERNMENT CONTINUES
REPORT
CHANGES
가
IN
LOW
SO ADDRESS.
ENCOURAGE THAT
THE
ELECTORS TO REGISTERED ELECTORAL ROLL CAN BE KEPT UP TO DATE. HE REMARKED.
/SIR DAVID