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+ IN ONE CASE, THEY HAD TO GO TO THE FIFTH BALLOT BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY DECIDED ON THE CANDIDATE TO BE ELECTED AND THE TURN-OUT OF VOTERS WAS EXCELLENT.+
TURNING TO THE 1987 REVIEW, HE SAID THAT A STUDY WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS ELECTION TO +SEE WHETHER THERE ARE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENTS.+
ELECTORAL COLLEGE TURN-OUT OVERWHELMING'
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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID HE WAS OVERWHELMED BY TODAY'S (THURSDAY) RESULTS IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
HE SAID THAT THERE WAS AN ALMOST 100 PER CENT TURN-OUT BY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHEN THEY VOTED AT THE TEN POLLING STATIONS.
MR LIAO WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM PRESS CENTRE AFTER POLLS CLOSED AT THE HONG KONG ISLAND (EAST) ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY AT ABOUT 5 PM
+ON THIS HISTORIC OCCASION, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE BY TURNING OUT IN FORCE TO CAST THEIR VOTES, HE SAID.
+WE HAD A 100 PER CENT TURN-OUT IN SEVEN CONSTITUENCIES, AND IN THE THREE OTHER POLLING STATIONS IT WAS BETWEEN 94 AND 99 PER CENT, HE ADDED.
+THE KEEN AND COMPETITIVE TURN-OUT INDICATES THAT DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE PREPARED AND ANXIOUS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
+AS YOU KNOW, DISTRICT BOARDS REFLECT THE WISHES AND WORRIES OF THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL, AND NOW THEIR VOICE CAN BE ECHOED IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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REPLYING TO QUESTIONS, MR LIAO SAID IT WAS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD BE HELD AFTER THE 1987 REVIEW.
HE SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS WERE ONLY A PART OF THE PROCESS CONTAINED IN THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
IN ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION, MR LIAO SAID HE DID NOT THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY DISSENSION AMONG ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEMBERS.
HE SAID HE HOPED THE NEWLY-ELECTED MEMBERS WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL.
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