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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1991
CONSTITUENCIES
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HE SAID THE MOST ENCOURAGING SIGN WAS THAT THE NEW FUNCTIONAL TOURISM AND FINANCIAL SERVICES WERE BOTH HAVING A VERY HICH TURNOUT LEADING THE PACK WITH A TURNOUT RATE OF 74.9 PER CENT AND 74 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY UP TO 6.30 PM.
MR SUEN SAID IF THE SLOW TURNOUT OF THE TEACHING CONSTITUENCY WAS DISCARDED FROM THE OVERALL FIGURE, THE TURNOUT RATE 19 ON THE HIGH SIDE.
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HE NOTED THAT TEACHERS WERE EXPECTED TO COME OUT TO VOTE AFTER
AS THIS FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY DID NOT REQUIRE TO VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS, COMPARISON COULD ONLY BE MADE WITH THE STATISTICS OF THE 1985 ELECTIONS, HE SAID.
"THE VOTER TURNOUT TREND OF THE TEACHING CONSTITUENCY THIS YEAR QUITE SIMILAR TO THAT OF 1985 AND THE TURNOUT RATE IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AFTER SCHOOL.
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"WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE TURNOUT OF THIS FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY COULD MATCH THE 1985 PERFORMANCE, THAT IS. OVER 50 PER CENT," HE SAID.
SCA SATISFIED WITH VOTER TURNOUT RATE SO FAR
THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAtb THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING THAT HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE VOTER TURNOUT RATE FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS SO FAR AND WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE FINAL RESULT WOULD BE HIGHER THAN LAST TIME'S.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING SEVERAL POLLING STATIONS AT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND LATER AT THE LEGCO ELECTIONS PRESS CENTRE, MR SUEN SAID THE OVERALL AVERAGE HAD BEEN PULLED DOWN BY Å RATHER LOW TURNOUT, AT THIS STAGE, IN RESPECT OF THE
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CONSTITUENCY.
"AS WE KNOW MOST OF THE VOTERS IN THAT PARTICULAR CONSTITUENCY ARE NOW ENGAGED IN REAL WORK, THEY ARE TEACHING, AND WE WON'T EXPECT MOST OF THEM TO COME OUT AND VOTE UNTIL AFTER LUNCH, AS MOST OF THEM ARE PRIMARY TEACHERS AND THEY TEACH IN THE MORNING. WE HOPE THE SITUATION WILL IMPROVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND CERTAINLY TOWARDS THE EVENING.
"IF WE DISREGARD THE FAIRLY LOW FIGURE FOR THE
THE TEACHING
CONSTITUENCY, UP TILL NOW, WE'VE GOT THE FAIRLY RESPECTABLE CENT FOR THE REST OF THE CONSTITUENCIES, HE SAID.
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MR SUEN SAID HE WAS ALSO VERY SATISFIED WITH THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF VOTING AT THE POLLING STATIONS, NOTING THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY INCIDENT REPORTED.
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