SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1994
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PEOPLE BELIEVE IN FAIR AND OPEN ELECTIONS
THE VERY SATISFACTORY VOTER TURNOUT RATE SO FAR THIS MORNING EVIDENTLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS ARE WHAT THEY WANT AND THAT THEY ARE FAIR AND OPEN, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE PRESS CENTRE FOR DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, MRS CHAN SAID SHE WAS PLEASED WITH THE GOOD TURNOUT AND HOPED THAT THE GOOD TURNOUT RATE WOULD PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
"THE COMMUNITY ALSO OBVIOUSLY ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD IN ADVANCING THEIR INTEREST AND LOOKING AFTER THE ENVIRONMENT, LOOKING AFTER SOCIAL SERVICES, MEDICAL SERVICES AND HEALTH SERVICE, MRS CHAN SAID.
SHE CALLED ON THOSE WHO HAD NOT YET VOTED TO TURN UP AT THEIR RESPECTIVE POLLING STATIONS.
"I BELIEVE IT IS EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO VOTE FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DISTRICT BOARD. THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
MRS CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPARED NO EFFORT AND NO EXPENSE THIS YEAR IN HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WOULD BE A SUCCESS.
'WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED AN EXPENDITURE OF $9 MILLION. TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT 6,000 OF OUR CIVIL SERVANT COLLEAGUES TURNING UP TO MAN POLLING STATIONS AND COUNTING STATIONS.
"WE'VE MADE PARTICULAR EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT POLLING STATIONS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO HANDICAPPED AND DISABLED PEOPLE," SHE ADDED.
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