TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1982
→THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS WHO WILL SERVE AS RETURNING OFFICERS WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER ADVICE ON LOCAL FACILITIES WHICH CANDIDATES CAN USE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS AFTER GIVING NOTICE TO THE POLICE AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE.
+VENUES FOR HOLDING SUCH MEETINGS WILL INCLUDE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL HALLS, SOCIAL WELFARE BUILDINGS, PLAYGROUNDS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND CERTAIN FACILITIES OF THE URBAN SERVICES AND NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, HE SAID.
MR TSUI CONTINUED THAT EACH CANDIDATE COULD SEND ONE POSTAGE-FREE LETTER, NOT EXCEEDING 50 GRAMS, OF ELECTION COMMUNICATION TO EVERY ELECTOR IN HIS CONSTITUENCY.
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO PREPARE PRINTED LEAFLETS TO INTRODUCE CANDIDATES TO ELECTORS.
+A CANDIDATE MAY OF COURSE PREPARE HIS OWN POSTER TO PROMOTE HIS ELECTION, BUT SUCH POSTERS MUST NOT BE DISPLAYED IN PLACES WHERE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED, HE SAID.
MR TSUI ADDED THAT AS SOON AS NOMINATIONS CLOSED ON AUGUST 31 CANDIDATES WOULD BE BRIEFED ON FURTHER DETAILS OF ELECTORAL PROCEDURES.
MORE THAN 700 000 VOTERS HAVE REGISTERED FOR THE COMING ELECTIONS, REPRESENTING 35 PER CENT OF THE TWO MILLION ELIGIBLE ELECTORS.
ON ELECTION DAY. A TOTAL OF 174 POLLING STATIONS WILL OPEN BETWEEN 7 AM AND 11 PM FOR ELECTORS TO CAST THEIR VOTES.
STREET MANAGEMENT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN
URBAN RENEWAL PILOT SCHEME AREA
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THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAS EARMARKED AN AREA IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FOR A TRIAL SCHEME FOR STREET MANAGEMENT.
THE AREA IS THE URBAN RENEWAL PILOT SCHEME AREA BOUNDED BY QUEEN'S ROAD WEST AND QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL IN THE NORTH, HOLLYWOOD ROAD IN THE SOUTH, SHING WONG STREET IN THE EAST AND QUEEN'S ROAD WEST IN THE WEST.
A WORKING GROUP COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAS BEEN SET UP TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF NECESSARY CLEARANCE OPERATIONS.
ALREADY PART OF THE REQUIRED OPERATIONS HAS STARTED TODAY (TUESDAY) AND SOME ILLEGAL HAWKER STALLS AND DEBRIS ALONG LOK KU ROAD, TUNG STREET, UPPER LASCAR ROW AND NEIGHBOURING SIDE LANES HAD BEEN REMOVED, AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT FURTHER CLEARANCE OPERATIONS WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT A LATER DATE,
THE WORKING GROUP WILL ALSO TACKLE OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE AREA, SUCH AS ILLEGAL SHOP EXTENSIONS, DISPLAY OF GOODS ON PAVEMENTS, ILLEGAL PARKING AND REFUSE DUMPING.