FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1983
GOVERNOR URGES PEOPLE TO VOTE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY URGED ALL 568 537 VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN TUESDAY'S URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO COME OUT AND CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
+THAT IS A VERY DIRECT WAY OF EXPRESSING THEIR INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR VIEWS IN THE WELFARE OF THEIR COMMUNITY ARE DIRECTLY HEARD, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD HOPED THERE WOULD BE A VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
+PEOPLE HAVE THE VOTE. IT IS UP TO THEM TO USE IT,+ HE TOLD NEWSMEN DURING A TOUR OF YAU MA TEI DISTRICT AFTER OPENING THE HENRY G. LEONG COMMUNITY CENTRE.
A TOTAL OF 134 POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM ON POLLING DAY.
ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE ON THE TOUR WERE THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR GRAHAM BARNES, AND THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILFRED WONG.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE FIRST HAD A GENERAL VIEW OF THE DISTRICT FROM A VANTAGE POINT ON THE ROOF OF A NEARBY BUILDING.
SIR EDWARD WAS BRIEFED ON CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT AND URBAN RENEWAL OPPORTUNITIES BY THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER (KOWLOON WEST), MR D.G. DEAR, THE GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT/ESTATE MANAGEMENT, MR C.M. MO, AND THE CHIEF TOWN PLANNER, MR KERWIN YAN,
THERE ARE PLANS FOR FOUR COMMUNITY CENTRES IN THE DISTRICT, FOUR MARKETS AND ABOUT 46 HECTARES OF LOCAL AND DISTRICT OPEN SPACES.
LATER THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WALKED THROUGH THE SHEK LUNG STREET WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (KOWLOON WEST) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR T.K. CHOY.
SIR EDWARD STOPPED TO TALK TO AN OPERATOR ENQUIRING ABOUT HIS FRUIT BUSINESS.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE ALSO TOURED THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER ON BOARD THE +TIN HAU+.
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