THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1934
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COMMUNITY LEADERS THANKED FOR CAMPAIGN ROLE
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THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) GAVE A VOTE OF THANKS TO 170 LOCAL LEADERS FOR THE IR ASSISTANCE IN THE VOTER-REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN.
SPEAKING AT A DINNER, MR WILSON SAID, +YUEN LONG NOW HAS ABOUT 46 000 REGISTERED VOTERS. AMONG THEM, 17 000 WERE REGISTERED IN THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN IN EARLY JUNE.+
+AS MOST OF THE YUEN LONG POPULATION IS SCATTERED IN THE RURAL AREAS, THE VOTER REGISTRATION WORK RELIED HEAVILY ON THE ASSISTANCE OF RURAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, HE SAID.
IN THE TOWN AREAS, HELP FROM MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE ALSO ESSENTIAL.
WITHOUT THE IR HELP, THE CAMPAIGN WOULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED SUCH GOOD RESULTS, HE SAID.
MR WILSON SAID HIS STAFF WOULD KEEP UP THE IR HARD WORK TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
HE CALLED ON LOCAL LEADERS TO CONTINUE THE IR SUPPORT FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
MR WILSON ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO 50 TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS WHO HAD CARRIED OUT DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO ENCOURAGE VOTER-REGISTRATION.
+THE HOUSEHOLD VISITS HAVE PROVED VERY EFFECTIVE IN GETTING PEOPLE TO REGISTER,+ HE ADDED.
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CALL ON ESTATE FOR VOTERS ***
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, LED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS CHAN, WILL VISIT THE KWONG FUK ESTATE TOMORROW NIGHT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICE HOPES TO GET ABOUT 7 000 COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS FROM THE 10 000 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE ESTATE, WHERE MOST OF THE RESIDENTS ARE RECENT ARRIVALS FROM THE URBAN AREAS.
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