Subsector elections: voter turnout (2230)
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     The following is the voter turnout rate for the
Election Committee subsector elections as at 10.30 pm
on April 2:

                                   Voter
                                   Turnout    Turnout
Subsector                          Figure     Rate
---------                          -------   --------

Catering                               204   11.66%

Commercial (first)                     467   45.34%

Employers' Federation of                74   67.27%
Hong Kong

Finance                                115   81.56%

Financial services                     261   68.32%

Hotel                                   68   85.00%

Import and export                      388   34.55%

Industrial (first)                     240   43.64%

Insurance                              166   87.83%

Real estate and construction           248   71.68%

Textiles and garment                   803   31.04%

Tourism                                364   63.86%

Transport                              113   86.92%

Wholesale and retail                   743   34.56%

Accountancy                          1,611   16.28%

Architectural, surveying               973   30.25%
and planning

Chinese medicine                       986   43.49%

Education                           11,503   20.29%

Engineering                          2,149   40.17%

Health services                      2,562    9.32%

Higher education                     1,090   24.29%

Information technology               1,472   47.01%

Legal                                1,355   38.08%

Medical                              1,865   27.49%

Agriculture and fisheries              152   92.12%

Labour                                 271   75.07%

Social welfare                       1,259   37.46%

Sports                                 190   61.69%

Performing arts                        161   67.08%

Culture                                247   69.97%

Publication                            106   56.99%

Heung Yee Kuk                           88   83.81%

Provisional District Boards            182   79.48%
for the Districts in the
Urban Council Area
("Hong Kong and Kowloon
Provisional District Boards")

Provisional District Boards            154   68.75%
for the Districts in the
Regional Council Area
("New Territories Provisional
District Boards")

                              -------------  --------
Total                               32,630   23.38%

End/Friday, April  3, 1998
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