SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1984
VOTERS CAN LEARN AS THEY GO ******
PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN DOUBT ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SHOULD STILL REGISTER AS A VOTER AND TAKE PART IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS NEXT MARCH. IN THIS WAY, THEY WILL DISCOVER THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR ROLE IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.
THIS WAS THE VIEW EXPRESSED YESTERDAY BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK.
SPEAKING AT THE KWUN TONG MID-AUTUMN LANTERN CARNIVAL THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING, MR MAK SAID THAT BY REGISTERING AND CASTING THE IR VOTES IN DB ÉLECTIONS, PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE MORE THE SPIRIT AND FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.+
+THEY WILL ALSO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE FULFILLING THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND DUTIES, HE ADDED.
MR MAK SAID IT SHOULD BE THE DUTY OF ALL TO MANAGE AND IMPROVE SERVICES IN THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
REFLECTING ON THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN IN KWUN TONG, MR MAK SAID HE WAS HAPPY THAT MORE THAN 40 000 RESIDENTS HAD REGISTERED AS VOTERS, BOOSTING THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT TO MORE THAN 160 000.
+HOWEVER, THIS ONLY CONSISTS OF ABOUT HALF OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AND VOTE, HE SAID.
+THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PUT THE IR NAMES DOWN SHOULD REGISTER IMMEDIATELY, OTHERWISE THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT SOMEONE WHO CAN REPRESENT THE IR INTERESTS, HE ADDED.
MR MAK ALSO EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO THE MANY LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES FOR THE IR HELP IN PROMOTING THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
+ THE IR CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT HAVE HELPED GET THE MESSAGE THROUGH TO NEARLY EVERY CORNER OF THE DISTRICT,+ MR MAK SAID.
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