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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1984
THE FINAL STAGE COMPRISED ORIENTEERING COMPETITIONS, IDENTIFICATION OF VARIOUS PLANT SPECIES, MAKING OF A FIRE BEATER AND FILLING UP A KNAPSACK PUMP.
DR LEE LATER PRESENTED THE GRAND PRIZE, A CAMPING TRIP TO AUSTRALIA AND RETURN AIR TICKET, TO THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION.
THERE WAS ALSO A DEMONSTRATION OF WATER BOMBING+ OPERATIONS BY A HELICOPTER.
ISLANDERS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS *****
RESIDENTS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT SHOULD REGISTER AS VOTERS IMMEDIATELY IF THEY WANT TO VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS, AS THE DEADLINE FOR THE REGISTRATION PERIOD IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, SAID TONIGHT (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT A SINGING COMPETITION TO MARK THE INAUGURATION OF THE CHEUNG CHAU SINGING CHILDREN'S GROUP, MR YAP SAID ISLANDERS SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS BECAUSE DISTRICT BOARDS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
+THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED SHOULD VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS, AND SINCE A VOTE IS A VOICE, COLLECTIVELY THESE VOICES WOULD BECOME THE STRENGTH IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET THINGS DONE, HE SAID.
MR YAP POINTED OUT THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN PROMOTING RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES. IT HAD CARRIED OUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT.
SIX PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON CHEUNG CHAU TOOK PART IN TONIGHT'S COMPETITION WHICH WAS AIMED AT FOSTERING BETTER RELATIONS BETWEEN SCHOOLS ON THE ISLAND.
VOTER REGISTRATION WAS THE MAIN THEME OF THE SINGING CONTEST.
MR YAP SAID THROUGH THE COMPETITION, IT WAS HOPED THAT THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE WOULD BE PASSED TO OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE ISLAND DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE CHEUNG CHAU SINGING CHILDREN'S GROUP HAS GROWN FROM A FEW DOZEN MEMBERS TO MORE THAN 60 THIS YEAR, A DANCE GROUP WITH 60 MEMBERS WAS SET UP TO PROMOTE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON THE ISLAND.
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