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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1984
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THE GROUP HAS 50 MEMBERS WHO COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1961, THE GROUP HAS PARTICIPATED IN SOME 90 ANTI-NARCOTICS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, NARCOTICS DIVISION, MISS ELIZABETH TSE, AND THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER (DRUG EDUCATION), MR BOB TONG.
GOOD RESPONSE TO VOTER DRIVE
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MORE THAN 30 000 RESIDENTS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT HAVE REGISTERED AS VOTERS DURING THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN.
DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN TODAY (SUNDAY) SAID THIS WAS GOOD PROGRESS AND THAT IT HAD BOOSTED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT TO ABOUT 130 000, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 40 PER CENT OF THE POTENTIAL ELECTORATE.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION GALA+ AT THE TAIKOO SHING CITY PLAZA.
THE EVENT IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF DISTRICT ACTIVITIES PUBLICISING THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE AND NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
+THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW IN FULL SWING AND APART FROM DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, VISIT SHOP OPERATORS, COMPANIES, FACTORIES, AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, + MR LUI SAID.
+MOBILE REGISTRATION UNITS WILL ALSO BE SET UP AT BUSY THOROUGHFARES SUCH AS BUS TERMINUS, FERRY PIERS, THEATRES, AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES, WHERE OUR STAFF WILL HELP PEOPLE REGISTER,+ HE SAID.
MR LUI ALSO CALLED ON VISITORS AND RESIDENTS AT TAIKOO SHING TO SUPPORT NEXT YEAR'S DB ELECTIONS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND HAD DONE MUCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND PROMOTING RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS MAKING CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS ON VARIOUS OTHER MATTERS.
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