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TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1994

QUESTION: WILL YOU HAVE PLANS TO MEET WITH LAU SAN-CHING?

CLEAR THAT QUITE

THE MRS CHAN: NO. I THINK MR LAU SAN-CHING IS DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE RETURNING OFFICER, FULLY CONSISTENT WITH THERE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS LAID DOWN IN THE LAW. IS A PROPER CHANNEL FOR MR LAU TO APPEAL IF HE IS DISSATISFIED

KNOWS, HE THE DECISION OF THE RETURNING OFFICER AND AS MR LAU APPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT IF HE WISHES WITHIN TWO MONTHS BLECTION HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND 80, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WISHES TO AVAIL HIMSELF OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, HE WILL USE CHANNELS.

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QUESTION: 48 SEATS ARE STILL UNCONTESTED

HOW DISAPPOINTED ELECTIONS. CANDIDATES....?

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MRS CHAN: I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT BOTH THE NUMBER AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THAN IN THE UNCONTESTED SEATS,

WE ARE, IN FACT, DOING MUCH BETTER

THERE ELECTIONS IN 1991. OF COURSE, IN ANY SORT OF ELECTION, I THINK

OR ARE BOUND TO BE UNCONTESTED SEATS. THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY PECULIAR

THE VOTERS UNIQUE TO HONG KONG. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT

AVERAGE, SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE PERSON OF THEIR CHOICE AND ON WE NOW HAVE TWO CANDIDATES FOR EACH CONSTITUENCY, OF COURSE, THIS YEAR AS I WE ALSO HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF CONSTITUENCIES. BUT THERE ARE,

SURE SAID, ON AVERAGE, TWO CANDIDATES FOR EACH CONSTITUENCY. SO, I AM

CHOICE. WHAT WE ARB VOTERS CAN VOTE FOR THE PERSON OF THEIR OWN

ELECTIONS ARE ANXIOUS TO ENSURE IS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CONDUCTED IN A FAIR AND OPEN MANNER.

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LAND REGISTRY RELEASES STATISTICS FOR JULY 1994

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TOTAL

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BUILDING PROPERTIES,

AGREEMENTS 6,931 SALE AND PURCHASE OF UNITS, WHICH INCLUDE BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL WERE RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE LAND REGISTRY DURING JULY 1994.

THE TOTAL CONSIDERATION OF THE AGREEMENTS AMOUNTS

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BILLION.

THE NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS REPRESENTS A DECREASE OF 2.8 PER WHEN COMPARED WITH THAT IN JUNE THIS YEAR AND A DECREASE OF 63.3 CENT COMPARED WITH JULY 1993.

CENT PER

THESE JULY STATISTICS ON THE PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE URBAN AND THE NEW TERRITORIES LAND REGISTRIES WERE RELEASED BY THE LAND REGISTRAR TODAY (TUESDAY).

ON A YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON, THE NUMBER OF SALE AND AGREEMENTS FOR BUILDING UNITS SHOWED A DECELERATION FROM AN OF 50.1 PER CENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR AND AN INCREASE

CENT IN MAY, 18.1 PER CENT IN APRIL, TO A DECREASE OF 5.9 PER DECREASE OF 44.3 PER CENT IN JUNE, AND A DECREASE OF 63.3 PER CENT JULY.

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