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(B) ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TOGETHER WITH THE 135 APPOINTED
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, WILL IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR ELECT 10
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. (A FURTHER 2 MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE URBAN
COUNCIL AND NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL RESPECTIVELY, AND 12 MEMBERS BY
THE MEMBERS OF 9 FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES).
DURING THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE 1N AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1984,
THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS WAS INCREASED FROM 900,000 TO
OVER 1.4 MILLION.
4. THE PRESENT DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS HAVE ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE
MEDIA AND PUBLIC INTEREST, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR. THE RESULTING
TURNOUT OF VOTERS IS VERY ENCOURAGING.
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