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3. THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH, SANITATION AND HYGIENE SERVICES, AND ALSO SERVICES RELATING TO RECREATION, CULTURE AND AMENITIES. AS FROM 1 APRIL 1985, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE THEM PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL TOOK OVER MOST OF THE SERVICES OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (RSS) OF THE FORMER RECREATION AND

CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

THE ELECTIONS.

4. ELECTIONS TO THE URBAN COUNCIL AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WERE HELD ON 6 MAPCH 1986. 79 CANDIDATES STOOD IN THE 27 SINGLE-SEAT CONSTITUENCIES (15 FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND 12 FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL). TWO CONSTITUENCIES - ONE UC, ONE RC WERE UNCONTESTED. A TOTAL OF 362,725 PERSONS VOTED IN THE ELECTIONS, REPRESENTING 27 PER CENT OF THE 1.35 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE 25 CONTESTED CONSTITUENCIES. THE TURNOUT RATE FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS WAS 35.9 PER CENT, INDICATING GOOD LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE NEW COUNCIL. IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA, THE TURNOUT RATE WAS 23.2 PER CENT WHICH IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE LAST ELECTIONS IN 1983 BUT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF 72 PER CENT IN THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PERSONS COMING OUT TO VOTE. OVERALL, THE RESULT IS VERY SATISFACTORY.

5. THE FINAL RESULTS HAVE STILL TO BE ANALYSED IN DETAIL. MORE THAN HALF OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES ARE FROM SOCIAL WORK AND

EDUCATION SECTORS, FOLLOWED BY BUSINESSMEN AND LAWYERS. THEY ARE YOUNGER (59 PER CENT BEING UNDER THE AGE OF 40) AND BETTER EDUCATED (70 PER CENT HAVE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION). 10 OF THE 12 CANDIDATES WHO ARE INCUMBENT ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL HAVE BEEN RE-ELECTED. 4 CANDIDATES ELECTED TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL COME FROM HEUNG YEE KUK. 16 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES ARE BACKED BY VARIOUS POLITICAL GROUPS INCLUDING THE TRADITIONAL REFORM CLUB AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION. ANOTHER 8 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES ARE INCUMBENT ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND ONE IS AN APPOINTED BOARD MEMBER. 3 CANDIDATES SUPPORTED BY LEFTIST UNIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN RETURNED

BUT NO OVERTLY KMT CANDIDATES.

6. THE LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIATES AND THEIR CONSTITUENCIES IS

A FOLLOWS:

URBAN COUNCIL ·

CENTRAL AND WESTERN

WAN CHAI

NORTH POINT

SHAU KEI WAN

SOUTHERN

KOWLOON CITY WEST

KOWLOON CITY EAST

(UNCONTESTED)

KWUN TONG WEST

KWUN TONG EAST

NAME

CHOW WAI-KEUNG

HILTON CHEONG-LEEN

MAN SAI-CHEONG

CHEUNG WAI-PING

CHAN YUEK-SUT, JOSEPH

CHAN CHI-KWAN, PETER

PAO PING-WING

ELSIE TU

LAM CHAK-PIU

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CONFIDENTIAL

/MONG KOK