Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1965 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1965 for the 6 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong after the membership of the elected members increased from 8 to 10.The polling stations increased to four in this year. City Hall in Central, North Point Government Primary School, Aberdeen Government Primary School, East wing of the Star Ferry Pier in South Kowloon and Queen Elizabeth School. 6,492 of the 29,529 eligible electorates came out and voted which was about 22%.The Civic-Reform Coalition ended in 1964, but the dominance of the two groups still continued. Henry Hu representing Reform Club was elected to the Council for the first time.Six members of the Labour Party of Hong Kong protested a peacefully at the Edinburgh Place outside of the poll station of City Hall on the election day afternoon for two hours with slogans of "abolish Urban Council", "support Labour don't vote", and "give Hong Kong democracy". They criticised the Urban Council was powerless to manage the affairs which had real impact on Hong Kong residents and less than only 30 thousands people had the right to vote out of nearly four millions population.. }
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- Hong_Kong_municipal_election,_1965 abstract "The 1965 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1965 for the 6 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong after the membership of the elected members increased from 8 to 10.The polling stations increased to four in this year. City Hall in Central, North Point Government Primary School, Aberdeen Government Primary School, East wing of the Star Ferry Pier in South Kowloon and Queen Elizabeth School. 6,492 of the 29,529 eligible electorates came out and voted which was about 22%.The Civic-Reform Coalition ended in 1964, but the dominance of the two groups still continued. Henry Hu representing Reform Club was elected to the Council for the first time.Six members of the Labour Party of Hong Kong protested a peacefully at the Edinburgh Place outside of the poll station of City Hall on the election day afternoon for two hours with slogans of "abolish Urban Council", "support Labour don't vote", and "give Hong Kong democracy". They criticised the Urban Council was powerless to manage the affairs which had real impact on Hong Kong residents and less than only 30 thousands people had the right to vote out of nearly four millions population.".