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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1994

DB ELECTIONS A SUCCESS: SHA

THE

FOR

HOME

AFFAIRS,

MR

MICHAEL

SUEN,

SAID

SECRETARY YESTERDAY'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WAS A SUCCESS.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, MR SUEN POOL SAID THE 33.1 PER CENT VOTER TURNOUT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AS THE OF REGISTERED ELECTORS HAD INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN COMPARED THAT IN 1991.

HE

MAY

WITH

ONLY REPRESENT

A "IN SAID:

PERCENTAGE TERMS, THIS

WAS A MARGINAL INCREASE, BUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED STAGGERING 63.5 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS POLLS."

COMMENTING ON THE PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG VOTERS AGED BETWEEN 18 WAS AND 21, MR SUEN POINTED OUT THAT A TURNOUT RATE OF 35.09 PER CENT

PREPARED TO A GOOD START WHICH DEMONSTRATED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS WHEN GIVEN THE CHANCE.

MR SUEN WAS PLEASED THAT THE ELECTIONS SMOOTHLY WITHOUT MAJOR COMPLAINTS.

HAD BEEN CONDUCTED

AMONG THE 457 COMPLAINTS RECEIVED, HE ADDED, 431 BEEN DEALT WITI.

HAD ALREADY

THAT

ANALYSING THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTIONS, MR SUEN REVEALED THE MAJORITY (77 PER CENT) OF THE WINNING CANDIDATES WERE IN THE 31-50 AGE BRACKET AND A FAIRLY HEALTHY NUMBER (EIGHT PER CENT) WERE IN 21-30 AGE GROUP.

THE

AS TO THE BREAKDOWN BY SEX, 10 PER CENT OF THEM ARE FEMALES.

AND OUT OF THE 212 INCUMBENT ELECTED MEMBERS WHO CONTESTED THIS TIME, 165 (77 PER CENT) HAD BEEN RE-FLFCTED.

LEGISLATIVE

"ALL OF THE SEVEN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN AS WELL AS THE

COMPETING IN THE ELECTIONS COUNCILLORS

FIVE

HAVE

WON

THEIR

SEATS," HE ADDED.

MR SUEN SAID THERE WERE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY'S FAITH AND THEIR THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS, READINESS TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.

IN

WAS THAT

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS, HE SAID, VOTERS WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH OPEN AND FAIR ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS.

INTEREST AND MUNICIPAL

IN THIS REGARD, HE LOOKED FORWARD TO EVEN MORE PUBLIC

IN NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PARTICIPATION

AND COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

CANDIDATES

OF

IN CONCLUSION, MR SUEN CONGRATULATED ALL SUCCESSFUL HOPED THAT THEY WOULD STRIVE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE PEOPLE HONG KONG.

AND

HE ALSO EXTENDED HIS GRATITUDE TO THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION

A JOB WELL DONE AND THANKED ALL FOR MAKING THE ELSTIONS SUCH A SUCCESS.

AND ELECTION

OTHERS INVOLVED IN

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