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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1991
THE
SIR
TURNING TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, TURNOUT FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTION WAS
ADDING: CREATED
DAVID SAID REASONABLE,
HAS AND I THINK
"ALSO I THINK THIS FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY · ELECTION MORE INTEREST THAN IT DID IN PREVIOUS YEARS,
THAT'S GOOD.
"
EXCITING;
AND
SUBSTANTIAL
*SOME OF THE CONTESTS WERE VERY CLOSE AND VERY I'M SURE THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED WILL MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO LEGCO, HE SAID.
GET
HE
"WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO NOW IS TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE LEGCO ELECTIONS, THE DIRECT ELECTIONS TOMORROW, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO OUT AND
SO THAT WE GET A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT VOTE ADDED.
FOR
THOSE,
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ASKED TO COMMENT ON REMARKS BY A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE THAT
SIR DAVID ELECTORATE, WOULD NOT REPRESENT A CERTAIN SECTOR OF HIS SAID: "WE ARE A FREE TERRITORY AND PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON HOW PEOPLE REGARD THEIR OPINIONS, OWN CONSTITUENCY. IT'S UP TO THEM TO SORT IT OUT. IT'S NOT FOR THE
MATTER GOVERNMENT TO INTERFERE OR TO COMMENT IN ANY WAY. IT'S A THEM."
ווי
FOR
MARE
OF
NEW
FOR
RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ON WHAT PERCENTAGE TURNOUT WOULD THE ELECTIONS A SUCCESS, SIR DAVID SAID: "CLEARLY, TURNOUT IS THE FACTORS, BUT I ALSO THINK PEOPLE WILL WANT TO SEE HOW THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WORKS; WHETHER IT PRODUCES BETTER GOVERNMENT
OF HONG
TOWARDS IT INDEED
CONTRIBUTES KONG; WHETHER STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, THERE ARE LOTS OF FACTORS, NOT JUST TURNOUT, THAT'S ONE OF THEM BUT THERE ARE OTHERS I THINK TOO."
THE
PEOPLE
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID PERESONALLY HE WAS HOPEFUL TURNOUT RATE IN TOMORROW'S ELECTION WOULD EXCEED 50 PER CENT.
DIRECTLY DAVID SAID THAT ON THE QUESTION OF MORE SIR TO LEGCO THERE WAS A MIXED VIEW IN THE
SEATS SUBJECT.
IN
THAT THE
ABOUT COMMUNITY
ELECTED THAT
NEWSPAPER WERE
** I SAW A SURVEY JUST BEFORE I LEFT CARRIED OUT BY A HONG KONG, WHICH SUGGESTED THAT 38 PER CENT OF THE COMMUNITY SATISFIED WITH THE PACE OF DEMOCRACY; 34 PER CENT WANTED IT TO BE A "I HE BIT FASTER; AND THE REST DIDN'T KNOW, SO THERE IS A DIVIDED VIEW, SAID.
I
OPERATES; HONG KONG ALL HOPEFUL
"I THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO LOOK AT HOW LEGCO
IN IN THE INTERESTS OF EVERYBODY WHETHER IT OPERATES WHETHER IT LEADS TO BETTER GOVERNMENT. OF COURSE, WE'RE THAT IT WILL AND THAT WE CAN THEN LOOK AT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER WE WANT MORE DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS.
AFTER TIME TO
"BUT I THINK THAT IS NOT A DECISION TO BE MADE, FRANKLY, TOMORROW OR AFTER A WEEK OR SO, THERE'S GOT TO BE A BIT OF MAKE A JUDGMENT ABOUT THAT," SIR DAVID SAID.