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The 18 District Councils (DCs) have all held their first meetings during which elected their respective chairman and vice-chairman.

The Yuen Long District Council, the last DC to hold its inaugural meeting, today (Friday) elected Tang Siu-tong as Chairman and Leung Chi-cheung as Vice Chairman.

The other 17 DCs have held their first meetings between January 6 and January 12. The results of the elections are as follows:

Hong Kong and

Kowloon Region Chairman Vice Chairman

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Central & Western Wu Chor-nam Chan Tak-chor

Southern Chan Yuek-sut Wong King-cheung

Eastern Ting Yuk-chee Chung Shu-kun

Wan Chai Lam Pei Peggy Suen Kai-cheong

Kwun Tong Hau Shui-pui Wu Kwok-cheung

Yau Tsim Mong Chow Chun-fai Ip Kwok-chung

Kowloon City Liang Tin Lau Wai-wing

Wong Tai Sin Lam Man-fai Wong Kam-chi

Sham Shui Po Tam Kwok-kiu Chan Tung

New Territories

Region

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Tuen Mun Lau Wong-fat Leung Kin-man

Islands Lam Wai-keung Chau Chuen-heung

Kwai Tsing Chow Yick-hay So Hoi-pan

Tsuen Wan Chau How-chen Chan Wai-ming

Sai Kung Ng Sze-fuk Chau Yin-ming

Tai Po Cheung Hok-ming Cheng Chun-ping

North Pang Hang-yin Cheung Fo-tai

Sha Tin Wai Kwok-hung Pang Cheung-wai

End/Friday, January 14, 2000

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