7
SUCH A REVIEW WOULD ENABLE SUITABLE MEASURES TO BE INTRODUCED FOR THE 1995 ELECTIONS.
HAVING CLEAR
"HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALL THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS RIGHT TO USE THE EXISTING ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1991, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TAKE
"IN
DEMARCATING ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES, THESE ARRANGEMENTS INTO ACCOUNT ALL RELEVANT FACTORS SUCH AS PRESENT AND FUTURE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES AND EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES."
APART FROM THE CONSTITUENCY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DIRECT ELECTIONS, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION EXPENSES ORDER 1990 AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS ELECTION EXPENSES (AMENDMENT} ORDER 1990 MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL UNDER THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE ARE ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE.
THE RESPECTIVE ELECTION EXPENSES LIMITS WERE APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED IN JULY THIS YEAR.
THE NEW LIMITS ARE AS FOLLOWS :
(A)
DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
$200,000
(B)
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
$ 50,000
ELECTIONS FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
(C) DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS
$ 30,000
(D)
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS
$ 70,000
(E)
ELECTION OF DISTRICT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES TO
6,000
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR AUG-OCT
BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE REMAINED AT A LOW LEVEL DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST
—
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
OCTOBER 1990.
RATE
THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THE LABOUR MARKET STILL GENERALLY TIGHT.
BY
WAS
OCTOBER
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AUGUST 1990 WAS 1.5 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 1.7 PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS YEAR ENDING JULY 1990 AND 1.4 PER CENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A EARLIER.
/THE DECREASE
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