SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1984
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POTENTIAL VOTERS URGED TO REGISTER
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR K.C. KWONG, TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED ELIGIBLE ELECTORS WHO HAD NOT YET REGISTERED AS VOTERS TO DO SO.
+THEY SHOULD MAKE USE OF THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION PERIOD WHICH WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 15, AND THEN VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TO SELECT CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE, + HE SAID.
SOME 40 000 RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WERE ALREADY ON THE REGISTER, BUT 70 000 OTHER POTENTIAL VOTERS WERE NOT, HE SAID.
MR KWONG WAS SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST, ORGANISAED AS PART OF A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION.
+THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ARRANGED A SERIES OF SCHOOL AND FACTORY VISITS, SEMINARS AND COMPETITIONS TO DRAW RESIDENTS' ATTENTION TO THE COMING REGISTRATION EXERCISE, HE SAID.
+DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL ALSO PAY DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS FROM THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO GET REGISTERED.+
THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD WOULD CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS AND WISHES OF THE PEOPLE,
BUT THE BOARD COULD ONLY FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY IF IT WAS FULLY SUPPORTED BY RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
SOUTHERN IS THE 13TH DISTRICT TO HOLD THE TERRITORY-WIDE AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE 18 DISTRICT OFFICES, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.
KWUN TONG, WAN CHAI, WONG TAI SIN, EASTERN AND NORTH DISTRICTS WILL HOLD THEIR PRELIMINARY CONTEST ON THE FOLLOWING SATURDAYS UNTIL THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
THE SEMI-FINAL AND THE FINAL OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE CONTEST WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 11 AND SEPTEMBER 2 AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL AND THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM RESPECTIVELY.
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