FRIDAY, MARCH 8 8,
1985
GOVERNOR PLEASED WITH VOTER TURNOUT
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THE TOTAL TURNOUT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WILL BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS TO THE GOVERNMENT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STAGE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE CHINESE YMCA HONG KONG CENTRE.
+ WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE VOTER TURNOUT. THE TOTAL NUMBER WAS VERY GRATIFYING, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAD SO MANY MORE THAN WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS ELECTIONS IS AN INDICATION THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE BEGINNING TO REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATING, HE SAID.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION ON THE TURNOUT IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, SIR EDWARD SAID: THE NUMBER OF VOTERS HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY SINCE LAST TIME. THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO CAST THE VOTE.
+SO I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR MIND TOO MUCH ON PERCENTAGES, YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR MIND ON THE ABSOLUTE NUMBERS AND THE ABSOLUTE NUMBERS ARE MUCH HIGHER.
+ I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A WIDER RANGE OF SUPPORT THIS TIME THAN THEY WOULD HAVE HAD LAST TIME. IT WILL BE A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM AS IT IS CERTAINLY AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO US TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STAGE.+
ON THE ROLE OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN FUTURE, SIR EDWARD SAID: +I DON'T THINK THEIR ROLE WILL BE CHANGED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I THINK WHAT THEY WILL DO IS THEY WILL GROW IN EXPERIENCE, AND THEREFORE THE CONTRIBUTION THEY CAN MAKE WILL INCREASE.
+THEY ARE ALREADY MAKING QUITE A CONTRIBUTION, SO WHAT IT NEEDS NOW IS A DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROLE THAT THEY ARE ALREADY PLAYING.+
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, SIR EDWARD SAID IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THEY REPRESENTED THE CONTITUENTS WHO HAD ELECTED THEM,
+AND THEN THERE WILL BE THE CHALLENGE OF TAKING PART IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE LATER IN THE YEAR. BUT THAT WILL ONLY BE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES.
/+THE MAIN
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