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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1983
+THERE WILL BE 134 POLLING STATIONS SET UP THROUGHOUT THE 12 CONSTITUENCIES AND REGISTERED VOTERS CAN GO TO THEIR DESIGNATED STATION TO CAST THE IR VOTES ANY TIME BETWEEN 7 AM AND 11 PM.+
HE CONTINUED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ORGANISED A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES TO INTRODUCE CANDIDATES TO THE ELECTORS, INCLUDING A SPECIAL NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANDIDATES TO AIR THEIR PLATFORMS IN FORUMS, +MEET-THE-PRESS+ TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMES.
+THE MASS MEDIA ARE ALSO HELPING TO INTRODUCE THE CANDIDATES TO THE PUBLIC BY PUBLISHING THEIR PHOTOS AND ELECTION PLATFORMS REGULARLY IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
+THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES ARE ALSO BUSY ORGANISING THE IR OWN CAMPAIGNING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DISPLAY OF POSTERS, BANNERS OR MAKING HOUSEHOLD VISITS.
+FINALLY, ABOUT ONE WEEK BEFORE ELECTION DAY, A NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN SIX TO SEVEN MAJOR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS WHICH WILL SERVE AS A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS AND THE CANDIDATES.+
URBCO CANDIDATES TO MEET VOTERS ****
REGISTERED VOTERS AT SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THE MARCH 8 URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS AT A VARIETY SHOW TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THREE CANDIDATES, MR MAN CHI-KONG, MR BROOK BERNACCHI AND MR TO BOON-MAN, WILL SPEAK ON THEIR PLATFORMS AT THE TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR SHOW ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE VOTERS.
THE SHOW, BEGINNING AT 7.30 PM AT THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CHAI WAN CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT CHAI WAN LAND LOT 77, WILL FEATURE SINGING, DANCING, MAGIC AND ACROBATIC PERFORMANCES.
FOR CANDIDATES OF THE NORTH POINT CONSTITUENCY, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ARRANGED A SIMILAR SHOW FOR FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 25) AT THE DR CHAN SHU KUI'S HALL AT 210 JAVA ROAD, BEGINNING AT 8 PM.
THE FOUR CANDIDATES FOR THIS CONSTITUENCY ARE MR NG TAM-YIU, DR VICTOR SIT FUNG-SHUEN, MR KWAN LIM-HO AND MR SHEK KWEI-CHUN.
MORE THAN 101 500 VOTERS HAVE REGISTERED IN THE SHAU KEI WAN AND NORTH POINT CONSTITUENCIES AND 21 POLLING STATIONS WILL BE SET UP THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ON ELECTION DAY.
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