SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1994
FS ENCOURAGES ELECTORS TO VOTE
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR HAMISH MACLEOD, TODAY (SUNDAY) ENCOURAGES ALL REGISTERED ELECTORS TO COME OUT TO VOTE, TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER CASTING HIS BALLOT, SIR HAMISH SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ELECTORS TO CHOOSE THOSE WHOM THEY BELIEVE WOULD SERVE THE DISTRICT WELL.
WHEN ASKED TO PREDICT THE FINAL TURNOUT RATE IN THE ELECTIONS, SIR HAMISH SAID: "WE HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, WE HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF VOTERS, CERTAINLY WE WILL EXPECT TO GET A RECORD NUMBER OF TURNOUT.
CASTING HIS VOTE EARLY THIS MORNING, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, ALSO REMINDED ALL REGISTERED ELECTORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE BETWEEN 18 AND 21 WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT AND CAST THEIR VOTES.
"DISTRICT BOARDS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, PEOPLE SHOULD ELECT A REPRESENTATIVE WHO COULD REPRESENT THEM AT DISTRICT LEVEL, TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR LIVELIHOOD," HE ADDED.
BOTH SECRETARIES CAST THEIR VOTES AT THE POLLING STATION PUT UP AT ABERDEEN INDOOR GAMES HALL.
AG CALLS ON VOTERS TO TAKE PART IN DB ELECTIONS
ELECTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A SAY IN THE WAY THEY WANT THEIR COMMUNITY RUN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER CASTING HIS VOTE AT THE GERMAN SWISS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, MR MATHEWS CALLED ON ELECTORS TO TAKE PART IN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
"THE ELECTIONS THIS YEAR TAKES ON A GREATER SIGNIFICANCE AS ALL SEATS ARE DIRECTLY ELECTED, THE VOTING AGE HAS BEEN LOWERED, SO IT HAS EXPANDED THE WHOLE POOL OF ELECTORATE FAIRLY CONSIDERABLY.
**AND OF COURSE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL FORM THEIR OWN COLLEGE TO ELECT 10 TO LEGCO," HE SAID.
SAID THE TREND WOULD
WHEN ASKED TO PREDICT THE TURNOUT RATE, MR MATHEWS FIGURES SEEMED TO BE VERY ENCOURAGING AND HE HOPED THE CARRY ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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