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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1981
10 000 VOTERS IN TSUEN WAN RETURN REGISTRATION FORMS
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TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 10 000 REGISTRATION FORMS OF VOTERS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF REGISTRATION, ACTING TOWN MANAGER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
HE SAID THE RESPONSE SO FAR WAS ENCOURAGING, BUT HE URGED THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAD NOT YET REGISTERED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL END ON OCTOBER 12,
+THE SUCCESS OF OUR FUTURE DISTRICT BOARD DEPENDS A LOT ON THE CALIBRE OF OUR UNOFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE ELECTED MEMBERS,+ HE SAID.
+MORE ELIGIBLE PERSONS REGISTERING AS VOTERS WILL ENSURE THAT PERSONS WITH THE RIGHT CALIBRE ARE TO BE ELECTED TO THE BOARD, HE ADDED.
MR LUI SAID SINCE EARLY THIS MONTH STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD BEEN VISITING MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO ENCOURAGE ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER.
COLLEAGUES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE POLICE, FIRE SERVICES, HOUSING, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, ALSO HELPED BY DISTRIBUTING REGISTRATION FORMS.
SAID.
+WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE THE ELECTION A SUCCESS, + HE
THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 4 NEXT YEAR.
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