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THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1972

RESULTS OF HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTIONS

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TWENTY-ONE RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE TODAY ELECTED SPECIAL COUNCILLORS FOR THE 23RD TERK OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK AT THE REGIONAL ELECTIONS HELD AT THE KUK'S OFFICE IN CUMBERLAND ROAD, KOWLOON.

THE NEW COUNCILLORS ELECTED FOR THE THREE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS TAI PO, SOUTHERN AND YUEN LONG -- ARE:

TAI PO (INCLUDING SHA TIN):-- Nho HAK NAM, MR. HẠN CHÂU CHI, MR. CHEUNG SAN, MR. LEE SHU-SHING, MR. TANG TUNG, MR. CHAN YIU- FAI AND MR. WAI HON-KWONG.

SOUTHERN (COMPRISING SAI KUNG, ISLANDS AND TSUEN WAN):-- MR. NG TAM-HING, MR. LAM WAI-KEUNG, MR. CHUNG PUN, MR. TAI WING- FAI, MR. HO WING-KWONG, MR. HO YUN-LAIT AND MR. YUEN SHU-KWAN.

YUEN LONG (INCLUDING TUEN MUN):-- MR. MAN YEUNG-PO, MR. CHU HIN-CHEUNG, MR. LI SHUI-CHING, MR. HO SAN-KUEN, MR. CHEUNG CHING- CAT, MR. TANG TIM-KAU AND MR. LAI KAM-MAN.

THERE WERE ALTOGETHER 33 CANDIDATES, 12 FOR TAI PO DISTRICT, TEM FOR SOUTHERN AND 11 FOR YUEN LONG,

THE SEVEN COUNCILLORS FOR YUEN LONG DISTRICT WERE CHOSEN WITHOUT GOING THROUGH AN ELECTION AS FOUR OF THE 11 CANDIDATES FOR THIS ELECTORAL DISTRICT WITHDREN FROM THE ELECTION.

THE ELECTIONS WERE HELD BY SECRET BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE :ITH A PROCEDURE PRESCRIBED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE HEUNG YEE KUK ORDINANCE IN THE LAWS OF HONG KONG.

THE RETURNING OFFICER WAS THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES WHO WAS ASSISTED BY STAFF OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

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