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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1983
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR UC ELECTIONS PUBLICITY
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THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER TSAO, TODAY (THURSDAY) RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR $50 000 FROM LOCAL PUBLISHER AND BUSINESSMAN, MR LAW BUN, IN SUPPORT OF THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN.
AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD IN THE GIS THEATRE THIS AFTERNOON, MR TSAO THANKED MR LAW FOR HIS GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP WHICH WILL HELP TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE COMING ELECTIONS ON MARCH 8, AND BOOST THE TURN-OUT RATE OF VOTERS ON THE DAY.
THE CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, ALL OF WHOM ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PUBLICISING THE ELECTIONS.
MR LAW IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUNKY GROUP OF COMPANIES, DIRECTOR OF ULFERTS SERVICE CO. LTD. AND PRESIDENT OF A LEADING CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER IN HONG KONG.
POLL CARDS ISSUED TO URBCO VOTERS
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ALL THE 568 537 VOTERS FOR TUESDAY'S (MARCH 8) URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A POLL CARD INFORMING THEM OF THE LOCATION OF THEIR POLLING STATIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY.
ANY ELECTOR WHO HAS NOT YET RECEIVED OR MISLAID HIS POLL CARD CAN TELEPHONE THE REGISTRATION OFFICER AT 5-270380 OR 5-270369, QUOTING HIS HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD NUMBER, TO ENQUIRE ABOUT HIS POLLING STATION.
HE STRESSED THAT AN ELECTOR COULD ONLY VOTE IN THE CONSTITUENCY WHERE HE HAD REGISTERED AND AT THE POLLING STATION SPECIFIED ON THE POLL CARD.
+THE POLL CARD IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR ENTRY INTO A POLLING STATION. BUT A VOTER MUST BRING WITH HIM HIS IDENTITY CARD, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
VOTING WILL BEGIN FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM AT 134 POLLING STATIONS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8.
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