TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1984
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VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN LAI TAK TSUEN
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FORTY VOLUNTEERS FROM THE LAI TAK YOUTH CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY WILL JOIN A VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN EASTERN DISTRICT THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.
DRESSED IN WHITE T-SHIRTS, PRINTED WITH REGISTRATION MESSAGES AND THE PICTURE OF A MAIL BOX TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO POST COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS, THE YOUTHS WILL SET OUT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO REGISTER.
THEY WILL TEAM UP WITH OVER 80 MEMBERS FROM SIX MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THE LAI TAK YIN NGAI SOCIETY, THE CAUSEWAY BAY SOUTH AREA COMMITTEE, TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS AND DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF TO CONDUCT DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO RESIDENTS IN LAI TAK TSUEN.
THE GROUP, WHICH WILL BE LED BY MR STEPHEN NG, ASSISTANT
TAK DISTRICT OFFICER, WILL VISIT ABOUT 2 000 FAMILIES IN LAI KIT, TSUEN AND TSUEN WING HOUSES, WHICH HAVE A POPULATION OF OVER 10 000.
MR NG SAID THEY WOULD COVER THESE HOUSEHOLDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW EVENING.
MR NG COMMENDED THE VOLUNTEERS, LOCAL AND KAIFONG LEADERS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SPIRIT, THEIR KEEN INTEREST IN DISTRICT MATTERS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY BUILDING.
+THEIR PARTICIPATION IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF CO-OPERATION
THE IN AND CONCERTED EFFORTS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT. SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT ELAP. ELECTIONS IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED, HE ADDED.
ELECTION DAY FOR EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES ***
THE ELECTION OF EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD WILL TAKE PLACE BY SECRET BALLOT AT THE SCHOOL HAL. OF QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL AT 10.30 AM ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 30).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THAT NINE CANDIDATES HAD BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION AND THE IR NAMES HAD BEEN SENT REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' UNIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.
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THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY WHICH THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON LABOUR MATTERS INCLUDING LEGISLATI I AND THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. IT COMPRISES SIX EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES ALL SIX EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES, WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABO CHAIRMAN.
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/THE SFCKERM