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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1982

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HEUNG YEE KUK SPECIAL COUNCILLORS ELECTED

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NEW SPECIAL COUNCILLORS FOR THE 25TH TERM OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK WERE ELECTED TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN 26 CANDIDATES CONTESTED FOR THE 21 SEATS.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, WAS THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE ELECTIONS WHICH WERE HELD AT THE KUK'S HEADQUARTERS BY SECRET BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HEUNG YEE KUK ORDINANCE.

THE SPECIAL COUNCILLORS WERE ELECTED FOR THE THREE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS OF TAI PO (INCLUDING SHA TIN AND NORTH) SOUTHERN (INCLUDING TSUEN WAN, ISLANDS AND SAI KUNG), AND YUEN LONG (INCLUDING TUEN MUN), EACH WITH SEVEN SEATS.

THERE WERE EIGHT CANDIDATES FOR THE TAI PO ELECTORAL DISTRICT AND THE RESULT WAS AS FOLLOWS :-

MR CHEUNG SUN

MR TANG YAN-ON

MR CHAN YIU-FAI

MR CHEUNG HON-KAU

MR KAN CHAU-CHEE

MR CHUI KAM-LUN

MR WONG CHUN-WA |

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( 26 VOTES),

( 25 VOTES),

( 25 VOTES),

( 25 VOTES),

( 24 VOTES),

{ 24 VOTES),

( 20 VOTES),

AT SOUTHERN DISTRICT, NINE CANDIDATES CONTESTED FOR THE SEVEN SEATS. THE FOLLOWING WERE ELECTED :

MR CHAN YIP-LO!

( 35 VOTES),

MR CHAN SUEN

( 33 VOTES),

MR LEE KANG-CHING

( 32 VOTES),

MR WONG DAI-HAI

( 32 VOTES),

MR FU YUEN-PING

( 29 VOTES),

MR CHAN WING

MR LAW KAM-FAI

( 26 VOTES),

( 21 VOTES),

THERE MERE