WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1994
514 NOMINATIONS RECEIVED
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THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 36 MORE NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR THE SEPTEMBER DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE STARTING THE NOMINATION ON AUGUST 1 (MONDAY) WAS 514.
THE BREAKDOWN OF NOMINATIONS BY DISTRICT IS AS FOLLOWS:
OF
DISTRICT
CENTRAL AND WESTERN
WAN CHAI
EASTERN
SOUTHERN
YAU TSIM MONG
SHAM SHUI PO
KOWLOON CITY
WONG TAI SIN
KWUN TONG
TSUEN WAN
TUEN MUN
YUEN LONG
NORTH
TAI PO
SAI KUNG
SHA TIN
KWAI TSING
ISLANDS
TOTAL
NOMINATIONS RECEIVED
23 (1)
15
(0)
48
(4)
24
(4)
34
(0)
26
(0)
33
(5)
29
(2)
52
(3)
15
(3)
40
(2)
24
(0)
15
(5)
28
(3)
20
(0)
48
(0)
35
(3)
5
(1)
514 (36)
() NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS RECEIVED TODAY.
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ACTING CJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO JUDGE EVANS'S FAMILY
THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, MR JUSTICE SILKE, WAS SADDENED TO HEAR TODAY (WEDNESDAY) OF THE DEATH OF DISTRICT JUDGE IAN ALLAN EVANS.
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"I HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH JUDGE EVANS FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL HIS BROTHER JUDGES, MR JUSTICE SILKE SAID.
THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HAS OFFERED HIS DEEP CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THE JUDICIARY TO JUDGE EVANS'S FAMILY.
JUDGE EVANS JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1967 AS CROWN COUNSEL IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN 1973 AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1977.
IN 1979, JUDGE EVANS JOINED THE JUDICIARY AS DISTRICT JUDGE.
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