SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1991
VOTER TURNOUT RATE
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'RESPECTABLE": SHA
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, DESCRIBED AS "RESPECTABLE" THE VOTER TURNOUT RATE OF 32.47 PER CENT IN THIS YEAR'S OF DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE FIGURE 30.3 PER CENT IN 1988.
MR TSAO NOTED THAT THE FIGURE WAS ALSO HIGHER THAN THE INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE OF 20 TO 30 PER CENT FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS.
HE BELIEVED THAT THE TURNOUT RATE MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PARTICIPATION OF POLITICAL GROUPS IN THE ELECTIONS.
MR TSAO ALSO THANKED MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA FOR THE PART THEY PLAYED IN PUBLICISING THE ELECTIONS.
AS TO THE EFFECT OF SUNDAY POLLING SAID THIS HAS TO BE FURTHER ANALYSED.
ON THE TURNOUT RATB, HE
"BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN. THE TURNOUT OF VOTERS HAS AVERAGED OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHICH MUST INDICATE THAT IT IS A CONVENIENT METHOD OF VOTING AS VOTERS ARE ABLE TO PICK THEIR OWN TIME ΤΟ CAST THEIR VOTES," HE SAID.
MR TSAO SAID JUDGING FROM WHAT HE SAW DURING HIS VISITS TO THE POLLING STATIONS, THE PUBLIC WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE ELECTIONS.
THIS WOULD HAVE A GOOD IMPACT ON THE TWO FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS, PARTICULARLY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER,
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GOVERNOR URGES PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE
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GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON THAT WITH SEVERAL HOURS TO GO IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, HE HOPED THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WOULD GO OUT AND EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING THE MUSIC OFFICE CONCERT, SIR DAVID SAID: "THE MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE VOTING IN ELECTIONS THE BETTER IT IS, SO I HOPE PEOPLE WILL GO OUT AND VOTE.
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ASKED ABOUT HIS COMING MERTING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OF CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A MEETING WITH MR LU PING.
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