WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1981
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PUBLICITY ON ELECTIONS TO BE STEPPED UP
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SOME PUBLICITY HAS ALREADY BEEN UNDERTAKEN FOR GETTING PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DENIS BRAY SAID.
THANK ING THE HON PETER WONG FOR HIS SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD BILL 1981, MR BRAY SAID SOME 180 000 PAMPHLETS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED, SEMINARS HELD AND TELEVISION PUBLICITY PRESENTED.
+ALL THESE EFFORTS WILL BE STEPPED UP FOR THE REGISTRATION PERIODS AND IN THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTIONS,+ HE SAID.
HE DISCLOSED THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED TO ALLOCATE SOME $1.14 MILLION FOR EXTRA PUBLICITY.
MR BRAY WENT ON TO EXPLAIN IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE TO ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS.
HE SAID: +REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICES, AND PROBABLY MTR STATIONS AND BANKS AS WELL AS OTHER CONVENIENT SPOTS.+
+AN ARMY OF TEMPORARY STAFF WILL BE EMPLOYED TO GIVE THEM OUT TO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND HOUSING MANAGEMENTS.
+AS FOR VOTING, NEARLY 300 POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPEN BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 PM, HE SAID.
THE BILL, AND THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS BILL, 1981, AND URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL, WERE APPROVED AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
NT POSTAL SERVICE ****
THE PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE A DOOR-TO-DOOR POSTAL DELIVERY SERVICE TO ESTABLISHED VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS BEEN PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY, SAID THE HON D.G. JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL HAS INVESTIGATED THE POSSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING MORE ESTABLISHED VILLAGES WITH DOOR-TO-DOOR DELIVERY SERVICES, AND HAS PLANS TO INCLUDE ANOTHER 76 VILLAGES IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS EXERCISE, HE SAID, IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHARLES YEUNG, AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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