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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1994

BEC CLOSELY MONITORS ELECTION ACTIVITIES

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THE THREE-MEMBER BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (BEC) TODAY (SUNDAY) TOURED A NUMBER OF POLLING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO ENSURE

THE ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED OPENLY, FAIRLY AND HONESTLY.

ON

THAT

THREE

WOO JUSTICE DIFFERENT ROUTES, THE BEC CHAIRMAN, MR KWOK-HING, AND MEMBERS PROFESSOR LEUNG CHI-KEUNG AND MR NORMAN LEUNG, HOW DIFFERENT ELECTION ACTIVITIES WERE LAUNCHED IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

SAW

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE POLLING TSIM SHA TSUI EAST CONSTITUENCY, MR JUSTICE WOO URGED EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHT AND VOTE.

STATION ELECTORS

FOR TO

"I HOPE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL COME OUT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR.

"

HE ALSO TOURED AROUND POLLING STATIONS IN KOWLOON CITY AND SHA WAN TIN. PROFESSOR LEUNG VISITED STATIONS IN YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN AND

ΤΑΙ PO CHAI WHILE MR LEUNG VISITED EASTERN, KWUN TONG, SAI KUNG AND

DISTRICTS.

DB ELECTIONS: IMPORTANT STEP IN EVOLUTION

OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

IN

THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP THE EVOLUTION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, BARONESS DUNN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

"FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE ELECTED BY DIRECT ELECTIONS.

"THEY HAVE AN IMPORTANT TASK, NOT JUST IN IMPROVING AND RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, IMPROVING HONG KONG'S QUALITY OF LIFE, THEY WILL ALSO GO ON TO VOTE 10 MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SHE ADDED.

BARONESS DUNN SAID SHE WAS PLEASED WITH THE VOTER TURNOUT THIS MORNING AND TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO URGE ALL ELECTORS TO TAKE PART IN TODAY'S ELECTIONS AND CAST THEIR VOTES.

ACTIVE

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