SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1985
ATTRACTING VOTERS WITH ENTERTAINMENT
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A VARIETY SHOW ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE WHEN PARTICIPANTS WERE URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS WHILE BEING ENTERTAINED AT A PLAYGROUND IN CHEUNG WAH ESTATE IN FANLING.
STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE WERE OUT IN FORCE TO SIGN UP ELIGIBLE ELECTORS DURING THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE WHICH LAST UNTIL OCTOBER 1.
NORTH DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND PANG, URGED PARTICIPANTS TO REGISTER SO THAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
+ANYONE WHO IS OR WILL BE 21 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR SHOULD REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR SO THAT HE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR, + HE SAID.
+TO DATE, ABOUT 35 000 OF THE 60 000 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT ARE REGISTERED ELECTORS,+ HE ADDED.
HE ALSO REMINDED REGISTERED VOTERS WHO HAD CHANGED THE IR ADDRESSES TO NOTIFY THE ELECTORAL REGISTRATION OFFICE.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER VARIETY SHOW AT CHOI YUEN ESTATE ON SEPTEMBER 8 TO PUBLICISE THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, AND STAFF OF THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE WILL ALSO CONDUCT DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS IN TWO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP.
RESIDENTS SIGN UP AS VOTERS ON FUN DAY
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HUNDREDS OF SAI KUNG RESIDENTS TODAY (SUNDAY) SIGNED UP AS ELECTORS DURING A FUN DAY OUTING ORGANISED BY THE SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.
TRAVELLING IN COACHES SOME 600 PARTICIPANTS TOURED SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, STOPPING AT THE YUEN YUEN INSTITUTION IN TSUEN WAN AND THE SUNG DYNASTY VILLAGE IN LAI CHI KOK.
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