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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1994

GOVERNOR URGES PUBLIC TO CAST THEIR VOTES

THIS PATTEN,

(SUNDAY) THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER MORNING SAID HE HOPED THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WOULD CAST THEIR VOTES IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TODAY TO PUT THEIR STAMP ON DISTRICT BOARDS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS ..

THE

STATION,

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING A TAI PO POLLING THE

ADMINISTRATION OF POLLING SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO THE GOVERNOR BEING CARRIED OUT IN SUCH AN EFFICIENT MANNER AND THE VOTER TURNOUT 80 FAR THIS MORNING.

56 000

"THE FIGURES THAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR SUGGEST THAT ABOUT MORE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED BY 11.30 AM THAN WAS THE CASE LAST TIME AND ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE, MR PATTEN SAID.

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"SINCE THE REGISTER IS SO MUCH LARGER, A LOT MORE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GONE OUT TO VOTE.

HAVE

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IN THE COMMUNITY AS PEOPLE WANTED TO

IT WAS NOT SURPRISING PATTEN SAID SUCCESSFUL AND PROSPEROUS AND STABLE AS HONG KONG, HAVE A SHARE IN DECIDING HOW THE COMMUNITY WAS RUN.

HE URGED REGISTERED VOTERS TO COME OUT TO VOTE TO SUPPORT ΤΟ THE DISTRICT BOARDS WHICH ARE AN IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATION AT THE GRASS-ROOT LEVEL IN HONG KONG.

GIVE THEIR PART OF THE

"THERE IS STILL A LONG TIME UNTIL 10.30 THIS EVENING AND I HOPE THAT THOSE WHO HAVEN'T YET GONE OUT AND VOTED, WILL DO SO IN THE HOURS THAT REMAIN."

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GOVERNOR VISITS TAI PO POLL STATION

CHRISTOPHER STATION

THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON PATTEN, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING A TAI PO POLLING THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING:

GOVERNOR:

BEING WE

AN IMPORTANT KONG. I WILL

OF POLLING AM PLEASED TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION I CARRIED OUT IN SUCH AN EFFICIENT MANNER AND THAT'S THE REPORT THAT

THAT AS MANY ARE GETTING FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE TERRITORY. I HOPE

IN PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST THEIR VOTES THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS. THE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE PART OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AT THE GRASS-ROOT LEVEL IN HONG KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE

THEIR OF PUTTING

STAMP ON THE TAKE THE CHANCE THEY'VE GOT TODAY DISTRICT BOARDS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE FIGURES THAT WE'VE GOT SO THAN FAR SUGGEST THAT ABOUT 56 000 MORE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED BY 11.30 AM WAS THE CASE LAST TIME AND IS ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE. BUT SINCE THE REGISTER IS SO MUCH LARGER, A LOT MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY GONE OUT TO VOTE. BUT THERE IS STILL A LONG TIME TO GO UNTIL 10.30 THIS EVENING AND I HOPE THAT THOSE WHO HAVEN'T YET GONE OUT AND VOTED, WILL DO SO 56 000 MORE PEOPLE IN THE HOURS THAT REMAIN. SO, SO FAR AS I SAID, HAVE VOTED THAN LAST TIME AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES TO BE THROUGH OUT THE DAY.

THE CASE

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