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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1113
OF 1607OOZ MARCH 88
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING INFO PRIORITY HKGOS WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS, GENEVA INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
INFO SAVING HKGO SAN FRANCISCO
FROM : SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION,
DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS HELD ON 10 MARCH 1988
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(A)
(160)
MY TELNO 10700F 12 MARCH 1988 REFERS
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
PARAGRAPH & REFFERRED TO A GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE 493 CANDIDATES AND 264 ELECTED MEMBERS INTO VARIOUS GROUPINGS ACCORDING TO THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/OUTLOOK.
(B) PARAGRAPHS 9 AND 10 REFERRED TO THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES SUPPORTED/FIELDED BY THE VARIOUS PRESSURE GROUPS AND PRO-PRC BODIES.
(C) AS SOME CANDIDATES WERE EITHER MEMBERS OF MORE THAN ONE BODY OR SIMPLY ASSOCIATES OF A PARTICULAR BODY, THE FIGURES IN PARAGRAPH 8 (A) AND, (B) DO NOT NECESSARILY MATCH EXACTLY WITH THOSE INDICATED IN PARAGRAPHS 9 AND 10.
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2. THE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL ANALYSES OF THE ELECTION RESULTS
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(A) SOCIAL WORKERS HAD THE HIGHEST SUCCESS RATE 39 OUT OF 47 CANDIDATES WERE ELECTED (83 PERCENT). THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY OTHER PROFESSIONALS (36 OUT OF 50 CANDIDATES WERE ELECTED, I.E. 72 PERCENT SUCCESS RATE).
(B) CANDIDATES WITH UNIVERSITY OR POST-GRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS ENJOYED MORE THAN 70 PERCENT SUCCESS RATE AT THE ELECTIONS (104 OUT OF 144 CANDIDATES WERE RETURNED) COMPARED WITH 40 PERCENT FOR THOSE WITH UP TO SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION (92 OUT OF 230 CANDIDATES WERE
RETURNED).
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(C) THE SUCCESS RATE OF FEMALE CANDIDATES (51 PERCENT) WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF MALE CANDIDATES (54 PERCENT).
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