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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1987
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SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THE POPULATION OF TSING YI. WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED INTO A MODERN SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP IN FEW YEARS' TIME, COULD INCREASE TO ABOUT 200 000.
BEFORE ENDING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID HAD AN INFORMAL MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AT THE CHEUNG CHING ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE.
FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS PUBLISHED
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THE 1986 FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION FROM TODAY (FRIDAY) UNTIL IT IS REPLACED NEXT JANUARY.
A TOTAL OF 1 446 212 ELECTORS WERE LISTED ON THE REGISTER REPRESENTING OVER 44 PER CENT OF AN ESTIMATED POTENTIAL ELECTORATE OF 3 271 420, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ THE 1986 REGISTRATION EXERCISE ENDING ON NOVEMBER 20 HAS RESULTED IN AN ADDITION OF 21 092 ENTRIES TO THE ELECTORAL ROLL. OFFSET BY 16 420 OMISSIONS DUE TO DEATH, EMIGRATION AND LOSS OF CONTACT, THERE IS A NET INCREASE OF 4 672 ELECTORS, HE SAID.
+ THE REGISTRATION FIGURES INDICATE A MOVEMENT OF POPULATION FROM ESTABLISHED DISTRICTS TO THE NEW TOWNS, WITH A NET LOSS OF 4 014 ELECTORS FROM URBAN DISTRICTS TO DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THERE ARE NOW 994 530 ELECTORS IN THE 10 URBAN DISTRICTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN URBAN COUNCIL AND URBAN AREA DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
+THE OTHER 451 682 ELECTORS ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.+
THE THREE URBAN DISTRICTS WITH THE LARGEST REGISTERED ELECTORATE ARE KWUN TONG (181 812), EASTERN (145 284) AND WONG TAI SIN (139 588).
/KWAI CHUNG
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