MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1934
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COUNTDOWN FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD
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THERE ARE SEVEN DAYS LEFT FOR ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO SIGN UP FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
MR C.M. LEUNG, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, SAID, THE SIX-WEEK VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD WILL END ON OCTOBER 1.
+STARTING FROM TODAY (MONDAY), THERE WILL BE A DAILY COUNTDOWN ON TELEVISION AND RADIO TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS DRAWING NEAR, HE SAID.
HE CALLED ON ALL WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO MAKE USE OF THE LAST WEEK OF THE REGISTRATION PERIOD TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
+DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE INFLUENTIAL IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS AFTER THE COMING ELECTIONS. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL INSTITUTION IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
+ IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT THE FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC. I WOULD URGE ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE NOT TO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHT AND DUTY AS CITIZENS AND REGISTER IMMEDIATELY, HE SAID.
BY SEPTEMBER 21, THERE WERE OVER 1.4 MILLION OF REGISTERED VOTERS, OF WHICH 500 000 WERE NEW NAMES ADDED ONTO THE REGISTER DURING THE CURRENT REGISTRATION PERIOD.
+ANYONE WHO IS 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND HAS LIVED
IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS OR MORE IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR, MR LEUNG SAID.
HE ALSO ADVISED REGISTERED VOTERS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION OFFICER OF THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
+THIS WILL ENABLE THEM TO VOTE AT A POLLING STATION NEAR THE IR HOME, HE SAID.
+REGISTRATION FORMS AND CHANGE OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS' FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICES, IMMIGRATION OFFICES, PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES AND SOME 400 BRANCHES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION AND THE HANG SENG BANK, HE ADDED.
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PICK UP REGISTRATION FORMS PERSONALLY CAN DIAL THE HOT LINE, NO. 3-688062, AND ASK FOR THE FORMS TO BE MAILED TO THEM.
THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY REGISTERED NEED NOT SIGN UP AGAIN.
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