SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1984
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SPECIAL COUNTERS SET UP TO REGISTER VOTERS
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THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE HAS SET UP SPECIAL COUNTERS THROUGHTOUT THE DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO MAKE USE OF THE LAST WEEK OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD.
FOUR COUNTERS ARE LOCATED IN THE YUEN LONG TOWN CENTRE AND THREE IN HUNG SHUI KIU, FAIRVIEW PARK AND KAM TIN.
THE IR OPERATING HOURS VARY BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT JOB NATURE OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWN AND RURAL AREAS,
IN THE TOWN CENTRE, THE COUNTERS WILL BE OPEN FROM 6 PM TO 9 PM ON WEEKDAYS, AND THOSE IN THE RURAL AREAS, FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON. BUT ALL THE COUNTERS WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM DURING THE WEEKEND,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID THE COUNTERS HAD BEEN SET UP FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED LATE AND MISSED THE DOOR-TO-DOOR. VISITS,
TWO COUNTERS, ONE IN THE PLAYGROUND ON HONG LOK ROAD AND THE OTHER AT THE BUS TERMINUS ON KIK YEUNG ROAD, WERE OPENED YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).
THREE MORE COUNTERS WERE OPENED TODAY (SATURDAY). THEY ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE KWONG WAH THEATRE; AT THE JUNCTION OF FOOK HONG STREET AND ON NING ROADS AND IN THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF FAIRVIEW PARK.
THE REMAINING TWO COUNTERS WILL BE OPENED ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 24), ONE OUTSIDE THE YAU FAT RESTAURANT IN HUNG SHUI KIU AND THE OTHER ON KAM TIN MAIN ROAD NEAR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
GOOD RESULTS IN SAI KUNG VOTER DRIVE
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MORE THAN 47 PER CENT OF POTENTIAL VOTERS IN SAI KUNG HAVE REGISTERED FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARRIE CHENG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THERE ARE SOME 24 000 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT. 11 500 OF THEM HAVE REGISTERED, INCLUDING MORE THAN 5 300 WHO SIGNED UP DURING THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN.
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+ THE CAMPAIGN IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN GOING SMOOTHLY AND THE RESULTS ARE VERY ENCOURAGING, + SAID MISS CHENG.
+OUR WORK HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES AS WE HAD TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM OF SENDING TEAMS TO VILLAGES SCATTERED OVER A VAST AREA, SHE ADDED.
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