3 INCUMBENT URBAN COUNCILLORS, HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, ELSIE ELLIOTT AND AUGUSTINE CHUNG SAI-KIT WERE RE-ELECTED UNOPPOSED IN WAN CHAI, KWUN TONG WEST AND WONG TAI SIN SOUTH RESPECTIVELY.
YESTERDAY, 5 OTHER SERVING ELECTED URBAN COUNCILLORS WERE RE-ELECTED AS FOLLOWS:-
CONSTITUENCIES
CANDIDATES
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES 'CAST IN THE CONSTITUENCY
CENTRAL AND WESTERN
MARIA TAM
84 PER CENT
MONG KOK
EDMUND CHOW
80 PER CENT
WONG TAI SIN NO RT H
CECILIA YEUNG
64 PER CENT
YAU MA TEI
KOWLOON CITY WEST
DR. DENNY HUANG
PETER C.K. CHAN
68 PER CENT
46 PER CENT
MARIA TAM WON THE ELECTIONS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN WITH THE BIGGEST MAJORITY OF 84 PER CENT.
A FORMER URBAN COUNCILLOR, BROOK BERNACCHI, WAS ELECTED IN SHAU KEI WAN AND RECEIVED 60 PER CENT OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE CONSTITUENCY.
THE OTHER 6 CANDIDATES ELECTED ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
CONSTITUEN CIES
CANDIDATES
AGE
OCCUPATION
SHAM SHUI PO EAST
FUNG KIN-KEE
29
SOCIAL WORKER
SHAM SHUI PO WEST
KOWLOON CITY EAST
LEE CHIK-YUET
28
SOCIAL WORKER
PAO PING-WING
35
SOCIAL WORKER,
APPOINTED DB MEMBER
NORTH POINT
SOUTHERN
KWUN TONG EAST
KWAN LIM- HO
35
SOLICITOR, ELECTED DB MEMBER
CHAN YUEK-SUT, JOSEPH
46
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, ELECTED DB MEMBER
LAM CHAK-PIU
40
GARMENT FACTORY WORKER
2 OF THE ABOVE 6 CANDIDATES ELECTED ARE SERVING ELECTED DB MEMBERS AND BY-ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN THEIR DB CONSTITUENCIES IN MID-MAY.
THE CLOSEST RUN ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN KWUN TONG EAST, SHAM SHUI PO WEST AND NORTH POINT.
7 CANDIDATES WILL HAVE TO FORFEIT THEIR DEPOSITS BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED LESS THAN 1/8 OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST IN THEIR CONSTITUENCIES.
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THERE WAS EXTENSIVE COVERAGE, WITH PICTURES, IN THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS TODAY WHICH REPORTED FAVOURABLY ON THE RESULTS. SCMP REPORTED IT UNDER THE HEADING OF RECORD 127,303 VOTE' AND DESCRIBED IT AS 'NOT A BAD FIRST VOTING EFFORT'. THE PAPERS SAID THAT THE ELECTIONS WERE PROOF THAT THE ATTITUDES OF THE PEOPLE ARE CHANGING AND INTEREST GROWING. IT WAS THE LEAD STORY IN THE 3 ENGLISH PAPERS AND THERE WAS ALSO INSIDE PAGE
COVERAGE.
MOST CHINESE PAPERS GAVE PROMINENT AND PICTORIAL COVERAGE TO THE UC ELECTIONS. FINANCIAL DAILY, HK DAILY, WAH KIU YAT PO AND TA KUNG PAO COMMENTED THAT IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION. THE PAPERS HOPED THAT THE ELECTED MEMBERS WOULD KEEP THEIR PROMISES AND PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN MAKING HK A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. WEN WEI PAO AND TA KUNG PAO ALSO GAVE FACTUAL COVERAGE OF THE ELECTIONS.
THE TURNOUT IS ENCOURAGING. IT IS A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF INTEREST IN THE ELECTORAL PROCES FOR ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR COUNCITS. SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS WILL PROVE LIVELY.
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