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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1935
+GO TO VOTE+ PUBLICITY IN FULL SWING
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PUBLICITY TO GET PEOPLE TO GO TO VOTE IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 7, HAS GONE INTO FULL SWING.
THE MESSAGE +HONG KONG NEEDS YOUR VOTE+ IS BEING SPREAD BY RADIO, TELEVISION, CINEMAS, NEWSPAPERS AND VARIOUS PUBLIC AREAS.
POSTERS, SHORT FILMS, RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS FORM PART OF THE LARGE-SCALE MEDIA PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO URGE REGISTERED ELECTORS TO VOTE IN THE FIRST TERRITORY-WIDE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
AND SOME 30 000 POSTERS BEARING THE MESSAGE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO DISTRICTS, AND ARE ON DISPLAY AT BUS-STOPS, FERRY PIERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES, POST OFFICES, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
MORE THAN 300 LARGER ONES HAVE BEEN PUT UP AT VARIOUS MTR AND KCR STATIONS.
+ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST ARE BEING SCREENED ON TELEVISION AND IN CINEMAS, AND ARE BEING BROADCAST ON RADIO.
ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONS, HALF-PAGE ADVERTISEMENTS GIVING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE VOTING PROCEDURE, WILL BE PLACED IN LEADING NEWSPAPERS.
VANS WILL TOUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS, BROADCASTING THE THEME SONG SUNG BY MICHAEL KWAN AND ELECTION MESSAGES.
WELL-KNOWN TELEVISION STARLETS AND POPULAR RADIO DISC JOCKEYS, JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB WILL DISTRIBUTE ELECTION HANDBILLS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT MAJOR TRANSPORT TERMINI DURING LUNCH HOURS.
TO CREATE AN ELECTION ATMOSPHERE, VOTING POSTERS WILL ALSO BE PUT UP ON HUNDREDS OF GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, AND TWO HELIUM-INFLATED BALLOONS, CARRYING LARGE BANNERS WITH THE +VOTE TODAY+ MESSAGE, WILL BE HOISTED OVER STATUE SQUARE IN CENTRAL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY GARDENS IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
AT THE SAME TIME, PUBLICITY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL CO-ORDINATED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IS REACHING ITS HEIGHT.
DISTRICT ACTIVITIES IN THE FORM OF FORUMS, SEMINARS AND MEET-THE-PRESS SESSIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED SINCE EARLY THIS
MONTH.
THESE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY MORE LIGHT-HEARTED AND ATTRACTIVE EVENTS SUCH AS CLASSIC CARS DISPLAY, ELECTION FAIRS AND DISTRICT FESTIVALS OVER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD.
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