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The Assistant Director of Education (Services), Mr David Pun, was most satisfied with the voter turnout.
Mr Pun said that during the by-election, the Education Department's district staff visited 142 primary schools to monitor voting. Three cases of irregularities were spotted and the cases immediately brought to the attention of the school heads concerned for rectification.
Earlier, Mr Au Yeung Chi of Hong Kong Teachers' Association, was returned uncontested to fill the Teachers' Unions seat.
Mr Pun said that the two seats for the Kindergartens and the Government Secondary Schools categories respectively, for which no nominations were accepted for the by-election, will be left vacant through the end of the present term on April 30, 1998.
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British servicemen will not be used for football security - Garrison statement
The British Hong Kong Garrison states categorically that, contrary to the Reuters (Hong Kong) report issued earlier today, British soldiers will not be deployed for security duties at a football match due to be played between Japanese and Hong Kong clubs in the Hong Kong Stadium later this month.
The comments of a Wembley International (Hong Kong) spokeswoman quoted in the report are without foundation. Wembley has invited 20 off-duty servicemen, acting in a private capacity, to act as stewards to check tickets and show people to their seats. There is no question of them being employed on security duties.
This company has in the past employed off-duty British servicemen at the Hong Kong Stadium as stewards, but always on the strict understanding that they will not be used for security duties. There has been no change to this policy. It is understood that security duties of the type described in the Reuters report are performed by other personnel and organisations employed by Wembley International and by the Royal Hong Kong Police.
British servicemen are not available for use by private commercial organisations such as Wembley International for security purposes.
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