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No exit polls results should be announced
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The Chairman of the Boundary and Election Commission (BEC), Mr Justice Woo Kwok-hing, today (Wednesday) urged all pollsters and broadcasters to observe the BEC guidelines not to announce results of exit polls in respect of the geographical and functional constituencies before the close of all the polls for the Legislative Council elections at midnight.
Mr Justice Woo said voting behaviour might be affected by any early release of the exit poll results.
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"The smaller the electorate, the more vulnerable it may be to external influence.
"The credibility of the election results should not be placed in any doubt," he
The Chairman said the Commission saw no compelling need for the public to be apprised of the exit poll results before the polls closed to justify an arrangement which might cast doubt on the election results.
He warned that BEC would take a very serious view on any breach, and non- compliance might very well be publicly censured.
End/Wednesday, September 13, 1995
Blood samples only needed to build up DNA database
Referring to recent media reports concerning the Government Laboratory using blood samples obtained from the Family Planning Association (FPA) and the Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC), a spokesman for the Laboratory said today (Wednesday) that the Laboratory had no interest in knowing the identity or personal data of any donor who provided blood samples used by it.
"We do not need or want to know who these donors are. Our only interest in having the samples is to build up our DNA population frequency database for research and reference purposes. From this anonymous database, the Laboratory can calculate the odds of any two blood samples matching.
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