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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1982
MR WONG ALSO ADVISED ELECTORS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES TO WRITE TO HIS OFFICE, QUOTING THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD NUMBERS, THEIR FULL NAMES AND THEIR NEW ADDRESSES.
ALTERNATIVELY, THEY CAN COMPLETE A SPECIAL FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE, WHICH IS OBTAINABLE FROM ANY DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION OR ANY, POST OFFICE.
+THOSE WHO CAN REPORT THEIR CHANGE OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY DECEMBER 31 WILL BE ABLE TO SWITCH THE CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH THEY VOTE TO THE ONE IN WHICH THEY NOW LIVE, HE SAID.
SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA IN WONG TAI SIN
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S $500 000 +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+, FIRST SHOWN IN THE HUNG HOM POLYTECHNIC EARLIER THIS YEAR, WAS BEING RE-STAGED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO BRING THE MESSAGE ABOUT SAFETY TO WORKERS, AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, SAID IN WONG TAI SIN THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
MR YIU WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE WONG TAI SIN SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL.
SPONSORED BY THE SAN PO KONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD, THE 12-MINUTE SOUND-ON-SLIDE SHOW, AND AN EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DISPLAY PANELS, WILL CLOSE ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 2.
MR YIU URGED RESIDENTS AND WORKERS IN WONG TAI SIN TO VISIT THE SHOW, AND APPEALED TO EMPLOYERS TO ARRANGE FOR THE IR EMPLOYEES TO SEE THE SHOW.
HE SAID THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK AND NOTED THAT IT WAS ENCOURAGING THAT EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE BEGINNING TO BE MORE AWARE OF SAFETY PROBLEMS IN RECENT YEARS.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAN PO KONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE, MR STEPHEN LEUNG SAID THAT THE SHOW HAD GREAT MEANING TO WONG TAI SIN WHERE THERE WERE ABOUT 3 600 INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING ABOUT 90 000 WORKERS.
HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE SHOW WOULD INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT SAFETY AT WORK AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS, AND HELP THE DEVELOPMENT OF WONG TAI SIN.
MR KU SZE-CHUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, LATER PERFORMED THE SWITCHING-ON+ CEREMONY TO OPEN THE SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA.
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