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he said.
In addition, the Secretary for Home Affairs has helped by distributing 600 letters to Clansman's and District Associations and to the Chairmen of Multi-Storey Buildings Incorporated Owners Associations, urging their members
to register as electors.
The Director of Education has also assisted in
sending out 3,500 letters to Supervisors and Headmasters
of various schools to urge their staff to register.
Moreover, letters have also been sent to the
10,950 people who have failed so far to respond to the Sexennial Inquiry letters sent to them last February.
Querying the reason for apathy, Mr. Mitchell asked: "Are people in Hong Kong less civic conscious than they
ought to be, and content to let things be or is it that the Urban Council lacks sufficient authority and people
want wider representation?"
He urged people to ponder over the question: "What
about the Council when it assumes greater authority
will it not be worthwhile supporting?"
next year