SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1982
3
BOOKLET TO ENCOURAGE VOTER TURNOUT
****
THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD HAS PUBLISHED A COLOURFUL BOOKLET TO PROMOTE THE URBAN DB ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 23.
THE 20-PAGE CHINESE BOOKLET, ENTITLED WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD, THE FIRST YEAR+, OUTLINES THE STRUCTURE AND MACHINERY OF THE BOARD AND THE PROGRESS IT HAS ACHIEVED SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT LAST MAY.
VARIOUS PROJECTS INITIATED BY THE BOARD TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL TRAFFIC SITUATION, ENVIRONMENT AND SQUATTER AREAS ARE ALSO INCLUDED, TOGETHER WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
IN A MESSAGE TO THE DISTRICT'S REGISTERED ELECTORS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MR IAN STRACHAN, SAID A GOOD START HAD BEEN MADE AND VOTERS WOULD BE ABLE TO READ ABOUT THE SORT OF PROBLEMS WHICH THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO TACKLE.
+HOWEVER, YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY LOCAL PROBLEMS IN YOUR DAILY LIVES WHICH HAVE YET TO BE RE-SOLVED.
+THE ELECTION TO THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE IN YOUR CONSTITUENCY WHOM YOU THINK WILL BE MOST ABLE TO REPRESENT YOU AND SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE IN WONG TAI SIN.
+ I HOPE THAT THIS BOOKLET WILL ENCOURAGE ALL REGISTERED VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION, MR STRACHAN SAID.
SOME 50 000 COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED WITH DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS, AND ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED BY STAFF OF THE LOCAL CITY DISTRICT OFFICE DURING THEIR HOUSEHOLD VISITS TO THE VOTERS.
ON ELECTION DAY, 27 POLLING STATIONS IN WONG TAI SIN WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM.
TWENTY-SEVEN MEN AND TWO WOMEN CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE 12 SEATS ON THE DISTRICT BOARD.
/4