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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1988

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495 VIE FOR DB SEATS

A TOTAL OF 495 CANDIDATES FROM COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AS BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 10.

A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE

FOR CANDIDATES

THE 1988 DISTRICT

FOR FINAL DAY (TODAY) IN THE NOMINATIONS.

NOMINATION, 41 CANDIDATES FILED

THE

495 CANDIDATES

COMPRISE

WOMEN.

441 MEN AND 54

THEY SOCIAL WORKERS, LAWYERS, INCLUDE EXECUTIVES, BUSINESSMEN, TEACHERS,

A CONSTRUCTION FACTORY WORKER, A ARCHITECTS, DOCTORS, ENGINEERS,

A STUDENT, WORKER, A CLERGYMAN, RETIRED CIVIL SERVANTS, A FISHERMAN, TAXI DRIVERS AND HOUSEWIVES.

REPRESENTING

THE LARGEST GROUP COMES FROM THE BUSINESS SECTOR, 26 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, FOLLOWED BY EXECUTIVES AND PROFESSIONALS CENT); PER (13 (24 PER

EDUCATIONISTS CENT);

(11 PER CENT).

THE CANDIDATES RANGE IN AGE FROM 24 TO NUMBER (188) BEING IN THE 31-40 AGE GROUP.

IN THE

41-50

79, WITH THE LARGEST

AGE

GROUP:

87

AGED

THERE ARE 118 CANDIDATES BETWEEN 51-60; 76 AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 30; AND 26 OVER 60 YEARS OLD.

THE NUMBER OF WOMEN CANDIDATES HAS INCREASED

FROM 31 IN THE

LAST ELECTIONS.

AMONG THE 495 CANDIDATES, 212 ARE SERVING DB MEMBERS. OF THESE,

TWO MEMBERS,

ARE RURAL APPOINTED 199 ARE ELECTED MEMBERS, TWO ARE

ARE INCUMBENT URBAN COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN IN THE CURRENT TERM AND NINE COUNCILLORS.

THERE ARE ALSO SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND INCUMBENT REGIONAL COUNCILLORS.

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A TOTAL OF 34 CANDIDATES FROM WILL BE RETURNED UNOPPOSED.

21 OF THE 157 CONSTITUENCIES

THE MOST KEENLY CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES ARE

AND CHUK YUEN SAI KUNG

IN WONG TAI ARE CONTESTING ONE SEAT.

PAK SHA WAN IN SIN WHERE FOUR CANDIDATES

THERE ARE ALSO TWO CONSTITUENCIES

ARE

ARE

IN WHICH SEVEN CANDIDATES ARE VYING FOR TWO SEATS, FOUR CONSTITUENCIES WHERE SIX CANDIDATES VYING FOR TWO SEATS, AND 10 CONSTITUENCIES WHERE THREE CANDIDATES CONTESTING ONE SEAT.

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THE FOLLOWING