WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1984
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ACCREDITATION FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES
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SPECIAL LAPEL BADGES FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER VARIOUS PUBLIC FUNCTIONS OF THE PRIME MINISTER, MRS MARGARET THATCHER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, AND LADY HOWE, WILL BE READY FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM FROM 3 PM TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
PERSONS COLLECTING THESE LAPEL BADGES MUST PRODUCE PROOF OF IDENTITY AND OF THE ORGANISATIONS THEY REPRESENT.
SPECIFIC LAPEL BADGES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL FUNCTION MUST BE WORN BY MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THAT FUNCTION, NORMAL MEDIA IDENTIFICATION ALONE WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO GAIN ACCESS TO OFFICIAL PRESS POSITIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS INSIDE THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER NOT ALL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR SEATS TO COVER THE PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS TOMORROW (THURSDAY) EVENING HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SEATS.
THOSE WITHOUT SEATS ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, WHERE TELEVISION MONITORS WILL BE SET UP FOR THEM TO WATCH THE ADDRESS.
TELEVISION CREWS AND RADIO REPORTERS WILL BE ABLE TO GET +FEEDS+ FROM THE BROADCAST VAN OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.
CALL FOR ELECTION CANDIDATES
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THE NEWLY-APPOINTED SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, TODAY CALLED ON ALL CAPABLE PERSONS IN THE DISTRICT TO STAND AS CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION ON MARCH 7.
THE NOMINATION PERIOD STARTS FROM JANUARY 4 UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.
+ I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD AND MADE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISTRICT, AND NOW IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND TAKE THE CHALLENGE OF BECOMING REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, + MR HO SAID.
HE SAID THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF UNOFFICIALS, ELECTED AND APPOINTED, WOULD BE GREATLY INCREASED AS, UNLIKE THE EXISTING PRACTICE, THERE WOULD BE AN UNOFFICIAL DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, WHILE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES WOULD ONLY ACT AS OBSERVERS.
/+IN ADDITION,