WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1985
COME OUT AND VOTE, GOVERNOR URGES PEOPLE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY THAT HE HOPED VERY MUCH THAT ALL REGISTERED ELECTORS WOULD +COME OUT AND VOTE+ TOMORROW.
SIR EDWARD SAID: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS BIG A TURNOUT AS POSSIBLE, FOR I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HONG KONG, AND THIS ELECTION, OF COURSE, IS MORE IMPORTANT EVEN THAN EARLIER ELECTIONS.
+SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ALL IS, COME OUT AND VOTE.+
HE WAS HOPING, HE ADDED, FOR A MUCH BETTER TURNOUT THAN BEFORE.
THE GOVERNOR WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING SHAU KEI WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL - CHAI WAN.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS ON GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, SIR EDWARD SAID: +WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT. THAT'S QUITE A PROBLEM AND IT'S, AS YOU KNOW, A DELICATE PROBLEM. BUT WE HAVEN'T COME TO ANY CONCLUSIONS YET. ONCE IT HAS BEEN FULLY STUDIED, THEN IT WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. BUT THAT IS NOT IMMEDIATE.+
EARLIER, SIR EDWARD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, VISITED THE TWO SCHOOLS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
AT THE SHAU KEI WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, SIR EDWARD WAS MET BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR T.L. LAM, AS WELL AS THE HEADMISTRESS, MRS FUNG CHOY YUK-NGAN AND TWO SENIOR TEACHING STAFF.
SIR EDWARD THEN WENT TO THE COMPUTER ROOM TO WATCH STUDENTS DOING PRACTICAL WORK IN COMPUTER STUDIES.
FROM THERE, THE GOVERNOR PROCEEDED TO THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL CHAI WAN, WHERE HE WAS MET BY MRS J.L. MARDEN, OF THE FOUNDATION, AND THE SCHOOL SUPERVISOR, THE REV. JOHN TSANG, THE SCHOOL MANAGER, MR PETER LEE AND THE PRINCIPAL, MR WONG PO-LAM.
AT THIS SCHOOL, SIR EDWARD SAW THE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKSHOP, THE ELECTRICAL AND PRINTING WORKSHOPS AND THE COMMERCIAL AND RETAILING WORKSHOP.
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