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SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1991

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23 PER CENT TURNOUT RATE FOR MC ELECTIONS

ON

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THE VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS SUNDAY WAS 392,496, REPRESENTING 23 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS.

IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA, 214,544 PEOPLE OR 20.86 PER CENT THE ELECTORATE CAST THEIR BALLOTS, WHILE 177,952 PEOPLE OR 26.33 CENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTORS VOTED.

SAI KUNG DISTRICT, IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA, HIGHEST TURNOUT RATE WITH 31.02 PER CENT, OR 10,847 ELECTORS, CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

OF

PER

HAD THE HAVING

THE WONG TAI SIN SOUTH CONSTITUENCY HAD THE HIGHEST VOTER TURNOUT RATE IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA WITH 28.48 PER CENT OF THE ELECTORATE, OR 17,875 VOTERS, TURNING OUT TO VOTE.

CHIEF SECRETARY URGES ELECTORS TO VOTE

TODAY

(SUNDAY) URGED MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, VOTERS TO COME OUT AND CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THE ELECTIONS AS THE ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.

"THE URBAN

COUNCIL AND

THE REGIONAL

COUNCIL SPEND

OVER

$5

BILLION EVERY YEAR ON SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG," SIR DAVID SAID, AFTER CASTING HIS BALLOT THIS MORNING.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER HE AND LADY FORD CAST THEIR VOTES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE TWO COUNCILS SPEND TO BUILD RECREATION AMONG OTHER THINGS, BUILDINGS AND CULTURAL BUILDINGS, AND PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY.

"SO, IT 18 AN IMPORTANT ELECTION. IT IS OUR CHANCE TO INFLUENCE SPENDING TAXPAYERS' THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS,

TODAY, SIR DAVID MONEY AND I URGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND VOTE SAID.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER ELECTORS TO COME OUT AND VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS.

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TSAO,

ALSO URGED

OR NOT RECEIVED

HE REMINDED ELECTORS THAT IF THEY HAD LOST THEIR POLLING CARDS, THEY COULD STILL VOTE AS LONG AS THEY BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS.

"IF THEY HAVE VOTED IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN THEY HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED AS A VOTER AND THERE IS NO NEED TO

HE SAID. ABOUT REGISTRATION BECAUSE THEY ARE REGISTERED,

"

MARCH,

WORRY

/"THE MUNICIPAL