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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1989

IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION, MR SUEN SAID HE HOPED THAT ELECTORS WOULD NOT TIRE OF ELECTIONS BECAUSE ELECTIONS WERE NECESSARY TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CHOOSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES то SIT ON THE TWO COUNCILS OR THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT URBAN OR REGIONAL COUNCILLORS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MATTERS WHICH CLOSELY AFFECTED LOCAL RESIDENTS, SUCH AS RECREATION AND THE HAWKER PROBLEM.

ΠΟΡΕ THAT TEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL, THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE COUNCILS, EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON MATTERS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR LIFE." HE ADDED.

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ELECTORS URGED TO GO TO POLLS

CHill,

THIS THE FEW

THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE

TO MAKE USE OF (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON APPEALED TO ELECTORS REMAINING HOURS TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN THE URBAN AND COUNCILS ELECTIONS BEFORE THE POLLING STATIONS CLOSE AT 10.30 PM.

THE TWO

REGIONAL

SPEAKING AT A MEDIA BRIEFING IN THE ELECTIONS PRESS CENTRE AT CITY HALL, MR CHUI SAID THAT IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

TO SEE WANTED FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WORK OF

COUNCILS, THEY SHOULD PERFORM THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY BY

THE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING

ELECTIONS.

THE NOTING THAT

VOTER TURNOUT RATE IN THE AFTERNOON WAS

THAN COMPARABLY LOWER

THAT DURING THE SAME PERIOD IN THE 1986

AND GO,

WE WON'T ELECTIONS, HE SAID, "WE STILL HAVE A FEW HOURS TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE SITUATION UNTIL 10.30 TONIGHT.

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THERE MR CHUI POINTED OUT THAT

WERE MORE

THIS YEAR.

UNCONTESTED

SEATS

**THIS MEANS THAT THE REGISTERED ELECTORS IN SEVEN AND THIS WOULD HAVE CONSTITUENCIES DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE POLLS, CONSIDERABLE EFFECTS ON THE TURNOUT RATE," HE ADDED.

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