WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1981
POLL CARDS FOR URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION ******
A TOTAL OF 34 381 POLL CARDS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE SPEEDY ISSUE OF BALLOT PAPERS TO VOTERS ON URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION DAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1981 WILL BE IN THE POST TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY MR KUO KET-CHEN, REGISTRATION OFFICER, URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
EACH CARD WILL BEAR THE VOTER'S ELECTORAL NUMBER, HIS NAME, AND ADDRESS OF THE POLLING STATION AT WHICH HE IS REGISTERED TO VOTE.
MR KUO REMINDED VOTERS THAT IN ORDER TO VOTE WITH THE MINIMUM OF DELAY, THEY SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR POLL CARDS AS WELL AS IDENTITY CARDS TO THE STAFF AT THE POLLING STATION.
+ IF AN ELECTOR IS UNABLE TO PRODUCE HIS POLL CARD, HE IS STILL ENTITLED TO VOTE PROVIDED THAT HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE 1981 FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS AND HE IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER, BUT THIS WILL NO DOUBT CAUSE INCONVENIENCE, HE ADDED.
+ IF VOTERS HAVE MOVED THEIR RESIDENCES SINCE THE COMPILATION OF THE FINAL REGISTER AND HAVE NOT NOTIFIED THE REGISTRATION OFFICER OF THE CHANGE, IT IS LIKELY THAT THE IR POLL CARDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE.+
ANY PERSON WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE FINAL REGISTER BUT WHO DOES NOT RECEIVE HIS POLL CARD WITHIN THREE DAYS MAY CONTACT MR LI KENG-HEI AT TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-769567 SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR A POLL CARD TO BE DELIVERED TO HIM BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
ENQUIRIES MAY ALSO BE MADE IN PERSON AT 7TH FLOOR, 4 SUNNING ROAD, KA CHEONG BUILDING, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.
POPULAR DEMAND FOR PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION
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MORE AND MORE PARENTS AND PUPILS ARE TURNING TO PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO MEET THE NEW PATTERN OF SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR HAYE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE PO LEUNG KUK C.W. CHU PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT TIN SAM, SHA TIN.
HE SAID THAT THE POPULARITY OF THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION WAS WELL ILLUSTRATED IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SCHEME WHERE FOR EVERY FORM PLACE IN A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, THERE WERE SIX PRIMARY VI APPLICANTS.
/+NOT SO