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Meanwhile, the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, also found the voter turnout encouraging.
Speaking at his visit to the Counting Centre at Tai Po Community Hall, Mr Suen said that the over 500,000 voters turnout indicated that the public showed a better understanding of and had marked improvements in the participation of election activities.
Mr Suen noted that of the over 400 complaints received, there were only two serious ones and they were only individual incidents.
He added that most people had been carrying out electioneering activities calmly.
End/Sunday, March 5, 1995
BEC Chairman urges physically handicapped electors to vote
The Chairman of the Boundary and Election Commission, Mr Justice Woo Kwok-hing, this (Sunday) morning urges physically handicapped electors to come out in force to the polls.
This, he believes, would arouse more candidates to concern about the welfare and interest of these electors.
"This would be mutually beneficial to both parties," the Chairman said.
Mr Justice Woo was speaking to the press after visiting a Sha Tin polling station where a number of physically handicapped electors cast their votes.
He said the Commission was in close contact with groups representing the interest of the physically handicapped for advice to improve polling arrangements and design of the polling station.
Of the 377 polling stations opened today for Municipal Council elections. 144 are accessible to physically handicapped electors.
A number of templates are also made available in each polling station for blind electors to mark their vote on the ballot paper.
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