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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1988

SOME

WHERE

THE

NUMBER OF

REGISTERED ELECTORS TURNING OUT TO

"THERE ARE

DISTRICTS ELECTORS IS LARGER, THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF

|| MR LIAO SAID. CAST THEIR VOTES WAS ALSO LARGER,

"SO THE DROP IN NUMBERS IS NOT ACROSS THE BOARD,

MR LIAO SAID THE TURNOUT RATE

STANDARDS.

PR

HE ADDED.

BY

ANY

WAS VERY SATISFACTORY

"IN HONG KONG'S CONTEXT, TO HAVE OVER 420,000 IN A DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION IS VERY SATISFACTORY,"

PEOPLE ΤΟ VOTE HE ADDED.

CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS POLLING STATION

THE CHIEF

SECRETARY,

SIR DAVID

FORD,

STATION AT WAH FU ESTATE IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT {THURSDAY) EVENING.

POLLING THE VISITED

AT 6 O'CLOCK THIS

YEAR'S OUTCOME

POLLING STATION, SIR SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING THE DAVID SAID IT WAS A BIT EARLY TO COMMENT ON THE RESULT OF THIS DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AND HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE THE BY THE END OF THE EVENING.

MANY COMPARISONS,

STYLE DB

HE SAID, "I DON'T THINK ONE SHOULD DRAW TOO IN ANY EVENT, WITH 1985. THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW ELECTION AND NO PATTERN HAS CLEARLY BEEN ESTABLISHED.

THINK DON'T

DIFFERENCE THE

BETWEEN "I ANOTHER IS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT IN ANY CASE."

ONE ELECTION AND

CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THAT REPLYING TO A PRESS QUESTION, THE

ANY EFFECT THERE IS NO REASON AT ALL WHY THE WHITE PAPER SHOULD HAVE ON THESE ELECTIONS.

HAVE SHOULD

THE BY

DONE AT ALL AND "I CERTAINLY DON'T SEE WHY IT

WHITE PAPER. ANY THESE DB ELECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN AFFECTED CHANGES WHICH ARE MADE TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS DON'T TAKE EFFECT ANYWAY UNTIL 1991," HE SAID.

HAD RESULTED

YEAR,

SIR

WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT IF THE DROP IN THE TURNOUT

DIRECT ELECTIONS NEXT BY THE DECISION NOT TO INTRODUCE DAVID SAID HE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT DRAW THAT CONCLUSION.

"I SHOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF THAT HAD HAPPENED. THERE

AND THE ELECTIONS CONNECTION BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

THE DB ELECTIONS SIR DAVID ADDED.

ΤΟ

IS NO THE

/HE NOTED