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MDHIAN 1843

WHILE SAI KUNG SCORED THE HIGHEST TURNOUT RATE (51.6 PER CENT). HEAVIEST TURNOUT TOOK PLACE DURING THE HOUR FROM 8.30 P.M. ΤΟ 9.30 P.M., AS IN 1985.

ELECTION

RESULTS:

THE

5. AS ASSESSMENT OF THE BIO-DATA OF THE 264 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES

SHOWS THAT :-

(A) MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ELECTED WITH 59 PER CENT AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 40, COMPARED WITH 55 PER CENT IN 1985:

(B) 27 FEMALE CANDIDATES WERE ELECTED, COMPARED WITH 17 IN 1985:

(C) THERE IS A MORE BALANCED COMPOSITION OF OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS MADE UP LARGELY OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES (20 PER CENT), MERCHANTS (19 PER CENT), EDUCATIONALISTS (15 PER CENT), SOCIAL WORKERS (14 PER CENT) AND PROFESSIONALS (13 PER CENT): AND

(D) OVERALL, THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL IS HIGHER WITH ABOUT 40 PER CENT HAVING RECEIVED UNIVERSITY OR POST GRADUATE EDUCATION, COMPARED WITH 25 PER CENT IN 1985.

6. OF THE 212 SERVING DB MEMBERS WHO SOUGPT RE-ELECTION, 163 (76 PER CENT) WERE SUCCESSFUL. OF THE 10 REGCO MEMBERS WHO STOOD FOR ELECTION, NINE WAS SUCCESSFUL. EIGHT URBCO MEMBERS STOOD FOR ELECTION SIX OF THEM GOT ELECTED. ALL OF THE SEVEN LEGCO MEMBERS WHO STOOD FOR ELECTION WERE RETURNED. 39 CANDIDATES CAME FROM RURAL COMMITTEES/HEUNG YEE KUK. OF THESE, 23 WERE ELECTED.

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7. MR. NG MING-YUM, SERVING ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE TUEN MUN DB, GOT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES CAST (4,905 VOTES). MR. LIU SUN-IP (NORTH), AGED 79, IS THE OLDEST AMONG THOSE ELECTED AND MR. LEE YIU-HUNG (TUEN MUN), AGED 24, IS THE YOUNGEST.

POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/OUTLOOK OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES :

8. THE POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/OUTLOOK OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES

ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW:

CATEGORIES

(A) PRESSURE GROUP

(B) PRO-PRC

(C)

PRO-TAIWAN

(D)

TRADITIONAL/CONSERVATIVE

CANDIDATES

127

61

20

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ELECTED

89 (34 PER CENT)

34 (13 PER CENT)

8 (3 PER CENT)

47

(18 PER CENT)

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