SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1984
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RESIDENTS URGED TO SUPPORT DB ELECTIONS
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MONG KOK RESIDENTS WERE TONIGHT (SATURDAY) ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PART IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WORK BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS OR CANDIDATES FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
THE APPEAL CAME FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, MR CLEMENT TAO, WHILE SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S PRELIMINARY SINGING CONTEST.
MR TAO REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION EXERCISE WOULD BEGIN IN MID-AUGUST.
+REGISTERING AS VOTERS IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP: A GOOD VOTER TURNOUT RATE AT THE MARCH DB ELECTIONS IS WHAT WE ARE AIMING AT, HE SAID.
MR TAO NOTED THAT THE FORMAT OF THE SINGING CONTEST WHOSE WINNER IS TO REPRESENT HIS OR HER DISTRICT TO COMPETE WITH OTHERS IN A SEMI-FINAL ON AUGUST 11 - COULD HELP BUILD A SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AND BELONGING AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS.
+TAKING PART IN THE SINGING CONTEST IS ALSO ONE WAY OF GETTING YOURSELVES INVOLVED IN DISTRICT ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
TWELVE YOUNG AMATEURS WERE CHOSEN FROM AMONG 200 ENTRANTS BY AUDITION TO COMPETE IN TONIGHT'S SHOW.
THE CONTEST, ALSO BEING HELD IN OTHER DISTRICTS UNTIL THE END OF JULY, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE 18 DISTRICT OFFICES, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
GOVERNOR RETURNING SUNDAY ****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTER ATTENDING ANOTHER TWO DAYS OF SINO-BRITian TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
SIR EDWARD WILL BE TRAVELLING ON FLIGHT CA 105, ETA 12.25 PM.
A FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN TO COVER SIR EDWARD'S RETURN. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO USE THE FACILITY SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM BY 11.25 AM.
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST,