FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1934
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JOINT EFFORTS TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION
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MEMBERS OF THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE AND THE AREA COMMITTEE IN WAH FU ARE JOINING SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF FOR DOOR-TO- DOOR VISITS TO ENCOURAGE POTENTIAL ELECTORS TO REGISTER.
LED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, AND A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR LAM KWOK-KWONG, THE 50-STRONG TEAM HAS JUST STARTED ITS 10-DAY VISITING PROGRAMME TO THE WAH FU PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
+WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE ABOUT 16 000 COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS FROM THE 25 000 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN WAH FU, SAID MR CHAN.
+SO FAR ABOUT HALF OF THE 125 000 POTENTIAL, VOTERS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED.
+APART FROM VISITING FAMILIES AND FACTOR IES TO PROMOTE THE REGISTRATION DRIVE, WE HAVE ORGANISED SEMINARS AND SLIDE SHOWS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WE INTEND TO VISIT OVER 40 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND A COLLEGE OF EDUCATION NEXT MONTH WHEN THE NEW TERM STARTS, + HE SAID.
MR CHAN SAID THAT IN ADDITION, THE MONTHLY +MEET-THE-TARGET SEMINAR+. HELD BETWEEN DB MEMBERS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, HAD ENCOURAGED MORE ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO COME FORWARD.
NEW PUPPETS TO HELP GET MORE VOTERS
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THREE NEW PUPPETS WHO HAVE JUST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES' MOBILE STREET THEATRE WILL MAKE THE IR DEBUT ON TELEVISION TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
TOGETHER WITH THE SIX ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE PUPPET FAMILY, THEY WILL APPEAR IN A SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE RTHK PROGRAMME +HONG
THE PROGRAMME WILL KONG TONIGHT+ TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION.
BE BROADCAST ON ATV'S CHINESE CHANNEL AT 7.30 PM.
THE THREE NEW CHARACTERS - SMART KID, SAI MUI AND DOGGY - REPRESENT THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN THE FAMILY.
/THE SIX