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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1988

CANDIDATES ELECTED TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

THIRTEEN CANDIDATES WERE ELLCTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE ELECTIONS HELD TODAY (THURSDAY).

ANOTHER 13 CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN RETURNED UNCONTESTED.

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

OF THE 13 CONTESTED SEATS, NINE ARE IN CONSTITUENCIES AND THE REMAINING FOUR IN FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.

TWENTY-THREE CANDIDATES RUN FOR THE NINE CONTESTED ELECTORAL COLLEGE SEATS, AND 10 RUN FOR THE FOUR CONTESTED FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY SEATS.

THERE ARE 388 VOTERS IN THE CONSTITUENCIES, AND 16,445 VOTERS IN CONSTITUENCIES.

CONTESTED ELECTORAL COLLEGE THE CONTESTED FUNCTIONAL

A TOTAL OF 378 VOTERS IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CAST THEIR VOTE, REPRESENTING A TURNOUT RATE OF 97.4 PER CENT. IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, 8,887 CAST THEIR VOTES, AND THE TURNOUT RATE IS 54.0 PER CENT.

OF THE 26 SUCCESSFUL

CANDIDATES, 17 ARE FORMER

COUNCILLORS.

RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES

CONSTITUENCY

LEGISLATIVE

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES

+

1.

URBAN COUNCIL

2. REGIONAL COUNCIL

MRS ELSIE TU (UNCONTESTED)

I

MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG

•

3 HONG KONG ISLAND (EAST)

MR CHAN YING-LUN

4.

HONG KONG ISLAND (WEST)

MRS SO CHAU YIM-PING

5.

KWUN TONG

6.

1.

WONG TAI SIN

SOUTH KOWLOON

8. KOWLOON CITY

MR POON CHI-FAI

MR MICHAEL CHENG TAK-KIN

MR KINGSLEY SIT 110-YIN

DR DANIEL TSE (UNCONTESTED)

19.

SHAM SNUI PO