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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1991

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THE POLLING STATIONS WILL ALSO BE THOSE VOTERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO MARK THEIR BALLOT PAPERS ON THEIR OWN.

EXPECTED

COUNTING OF VOTES WILL BEGIN SOON AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE AT 10.30 PM AT THE 17 COUNTING STATIONS, WITH THE FIRST RESULTS AROUND 2 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AND THE LAST RESULTS AT DAWN.

MR

TWO "VOTE SUEN SAID AS A STEP TO PUBLICISE THE ELECTIONS, '91" BUS TOURS TOGETHER WITH PERFORMANCES BY A BALLOON SCULPTURED LION

BE

THE WILL

ORGANISED FOR BOTH THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA AND COUNCIL AREA.

REGIONAL

"THE TOURS WILL BE LAUNCHED BY THE CHAIRMEN OF THE TWO COUNCILS OUTSIDE THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL, AND THE CITY HALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE MORNING AND ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRITIES WILL ALSO BE

HAND TO

ASSIST IN THE PUBLICITY, HE SAID.

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"ON DISPLAY AT THE TWO VENUES WILL BE A 20-FOOT BALLOON

HE ADDED. SCULPTURE OF THE 'VOTE '91' LOGO AND BALLOON GARLANDS,

"I AM SURE REGISTERED ELECTORS ARE AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IN THE WORK OF THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS BETTERING THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE," MR SUEN SAID.

NO SIGNS OF INVESTORS FLEEING HK: SMA

DESPITE SOME RECENT UNCERTAINTIES, THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNS OF INVESTORS FLEEING THE TERRITORY, ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY THIS SOME, THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, MR DAVID NENDICK, SAID (FRIDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST PACIFIC BANK

SAID CENTRE, MR NENDICK

HONG KONG'S HISTORY HAD BEEN MARKED BY PERIODS OF UNCERTAINTY.

"YET DESPITE THIS, THE TERRITORY HAS ACHIEVED REMARKABLE

OF THE GROWTH OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS AND HAS EMERGED AS ONE

WORLD'S LEADING FINANCIAL CENTRES," HE SAID.

FINANCIAL MR NENDICK STRESSED THAT HONG KONG'S BE ABLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AHEAD AND HONG KONG WOULD FLOURISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE.

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"THE GOVERNMENT IS HOWEVER CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO MAINTAIN

AND TO INVESTMENT

A AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS CONDUCIVE

LEGISLATIVE то THE FRAMEWORK WHICH AFFORDS ADEQUATE PROTECTION

SAVINGS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT STIFLING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.

"WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO ENSURE THAT OUR FINANCIAL CONTINUE TO MEASURE UP TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

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