SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1985
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YOUTH URGED TO PLAY VITAL CIVIC ROLE
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THE COMMITMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID TONIGHT.
+WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT BOARD, URBAN COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS WHICH OPEN UP FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE PUBLIC CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME. MR WIGGHAM URGED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL BE 21 YEARS OLD BEFORE DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR, TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS DURING THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL OCTOBER 1.
+WE SHOULD ALSO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 26,+ HE SAID.
+AS THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL BE ELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, KWUN TONG RESIDENTS, IN PARTICULAR THE YOUNG GENERATION, SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO KNOW THE IR CANDIDATES BY READING THE ELECTION PLATFORMS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE CANDIDATES' FORUM.+
MR WIGGHAM NOTED THAT THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN VERY WELL-RECEIVED, AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, AND COMMENDED THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR ITS SUCCESS.
MR WIGGHAM PRESENTED CERTIFICATES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES TO A NUMBER OF YOUTH ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD TAKEN PART IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.
THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A YOUTH DISCO NITE+ IN WHICH MORE THAN 1 000 YOUTHS DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY TO THE SOUNDS OF THE LATEST DISCO MUSIC.
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