WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1984
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GOVERNOR GOING TO LONDON JULY 3
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL TRAVEL TO LONDON ON JULY 3 FOR FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH MINISTERS ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TALKS IN PEKING. THIS IS PART OF THE NORMAL CONSULTATION ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
SIR EDWARD WILL LEAVE FOR LONDON ON THE EVENING OF JULY 3,
AND RETURN TO HONG KONG ON JULY 7.
HE WILL RETURN TO THE TERRITORY FROM PEKING TOMORROW
(THURSDAY) AFTER ATTENDING THE LATEST ROUND OF TALKS.
HE WILL ARRIVE ON FLIGHT BA 20, AT 7.45 PM.
PEOPLE TOLD: REGISTER AND VOTE
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+A VOTE IS A VOICE: SILENCE IS APATHY AND NEGLECT.+
THIS WAS THE MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY TO HONG KONG'S 2.7 MILLION POTENTIAL VOTERS IN NEXT MARCH'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
AND HE WARNED THAT THOSE WHO DID NOT REGISTER AND VOTE FORFEITED THE RIGHT TO CRITICISE AND COMMENT ON THE ACTIVITIES AND STATEMENTS OF THOSE WHO WERE ELECTED TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE DISTRICT, OR THE MAN IN THE REGION.
+IT WILL BE NO USE CARING ABOUT OUR CITY WHEN IT IS TOO LATE TO CARE,+ HE TOLD A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE HONG KONG ZONTA CLUB,
IT IS NO USE VOICING YOUR DISAPPROVAL AFTER THE ELECTIONS IF YOU HAVE NOT BOTHERED TO VOTE.+
THE FIRST RESPONSIBILITY WHICH MUST BE EXERCISED IS TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. THE SECOND IS TO VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS IN MARCH NEXT YEAR, HE STRESSED.
ALTHOUGH THE VOICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS SMALL, HE ADDED, +TO VOTE IS TO JOIN IN THE CORPORATE, POLITICAL LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY.+
FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET, THIS MEANT LIVING CONDITIONS COULD BE IMPROVED; FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, FACILITIES AND AMENITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION MAY BE ENHANCED: FOR HONG KONG VITAL QUESTIONS AFFECTING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR PEOPLE WILL HAVE BEEN ASKED OF AND ANSWERED BY THESE REPRESENTATIVES,
/MR AKERS-JCNES