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MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1994

762 CANDIDATES REGISTERED AS NOMINATION PERIOD CLOSES

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THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL 762 NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE SEPTEMBER DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AFTER THE NOMINATION PERIOD CLOSES TODAY (MONDAY).

THE NUMBER HAS EXCLUDED FIVE WITHDRAWALS AND FIVE INVALIDATED NOMINATIONS.

FORTY-EIGHT CONSTITUENCIES EACH HAD ONLY ONE CANDIDATE STANDING AND THEREFORE WERE UNCONTESTED.

SEVENTY-ONE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED ON THE LAST DAY NOMINATIONS TODAY.

OF

MR

THE FIVE CANDIDATES WHOSE NOMINATIONS WERE INVALIDATED WERE

MAN-WAI OF YEN HO-YIN OF PO LAI CONSTITUENCY, SHAM SHUI PO; MR YEUNG

SIN; WANG TAU HOM CONSTITUENCY, WONG TAI

MR CHAN PO-MING ERIC OF ALLWAY CONSTITUENCY, TSUEN WAN: MR LAU SAN-CHING OF LAI KING CONSTITUENCY, KWAI TSING; AND MR CHIN CHING-MAN OF TSUI PING CONSTITUENCY, KWUN TONG.

THE CANDIDATES WITHDREW WERE MR LI KOON-SHING OF QUEEN'S HILL CONSTITUENCY, NORTH; MR LAM KIN-MAN OF TO KWA WAN CONSTITUENCY, KOWLOON CITY; MR CHAN CHEONG OF LAM TIN CONSTITUENCY, KWUN TONG; MR NG WAI-WAH OF HANG WAI CONSTITUENCY, KWAI TSING; AND MR DING CHIN-KWAI SIMON OF HOI TSUI CONSTITUENCY, KWAI TSING. MR LAM KIN-MAN SUBMITTED HIS NOMINATIONS AGAIN FOR WHAMPOA WEST CONSTITUENCY OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT.

GOOD OVERALL RESULT FOR DB ELECTION NOMINATIONS

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (MONDAY) DESCRIBED AS "A GOOD RESULT OVERALL" THE RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18.

HE SAID THE 762 NOMINATIONS RECEIVED REFLECTED THE COMMUNITY'S FAITH IN HONG KONG'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM, AND THEIR RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

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NEXT NOTING THAT CAMPAIGNING ACTIVITIES WOULD INTENSIFY IN THE

THE STUDY WEEKS OR SO, THE SPOKESMAN URGED VOTERS TO CAREFULLY

MAKE GOOD CANDIDATES' PLATFORMS, AND EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHT AND USE OF THEIR VOTE ON POLLING DAY.

"OUR AIM IS TO ENSURE THAT THE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN A FAIR AND OPEN

PROVIDE DEPARTMENTS MANNER. TO THIS END, GOVERNMENT

WILL THEIR FULL SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATE WITH THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ELECTORAL PROCESS,

HE

STRESSED.

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