WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1982
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO THE QUEEN
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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, HAS SENT A MESSAGE OF BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG VIA THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
THE MESSAGE READS:
+ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OBSERVANCE IN HONG KONG OF THE BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SUBMIT TO HER MAJESTY WITH MY HUMBLE DUTY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,+
URBAN VOTER REGISTRATION PASSES 600 000 MARK
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THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS FOR THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER HAS JUST PASSED THE 600 000 MARK WHICH REPRESENTS 30 PER CENT OF THE TWO MILLION ELIGIBLE ELECTORS.
DISCLOSING THE LATEST FIGURE TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES DESCRIBED THE RESPONSE AS +MOST ENCOURAGING AND BETTER THAN EXPECTED+.
HE APPEALED TO ELIGIBLE VOTERS WHO HAD NOT YET REGISTERED TO MAKE USE OF THE REMAINING 10 DAYS BEFORE THE REGISTRATION CLOSES ON APRIL 30.
+THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS ALREADY EXCEEDED OUR EARLIER TARGET OF HALF OF A MILLION A WEEK AGO, MR BARNES SAID.
+ IF THE PRESENT RATE OF REGISTRATION CONTINUES, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE OVERALL FIGURE WILL EXCEED 670 000 OR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE ELIGIBLE ELECTORATE IN THE URBAN AREA.+
THE NUMBER OF 605 000 VOTERS WAS RECORDED AT THE END OF YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) WHICH INCLUDED THE 81 000 PEOPLE WHO HAD REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR AND ABOUT 30 000 URBAN COUNCIL ELECTORS WHOSE NAMES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE REGISTER.
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