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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 198
20 000 SIGN UP AS ELECTORS
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ABOUT 20 000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP AS ELECTORS DURING THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE WHICH ENDS ON OCTOBER 1,
+THERE ARE THREE MORE WEEKS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER IN THE EXERCISE WHICH STARTED ON AUGUST 15, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION SAID.
+THIS EXERCISE WILL BE PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL TO SOME
112 000 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE OR WILL TURN 21 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR, + HE SAID.
+ IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EXERCISE THE IR CIVIC RIGHTS SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE IN DISTRICT BOARD, URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS,+ HE ADDED.
ELIGIBLE VOTERS CAN SIGN UP AT ANY DISTRICT OFFICE OR DURING HOUSEHOLD VISITS BY DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF DURING THE COMING WEEKS.
VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT POST OFFICES, IMMIGRATION OFFICES, HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES, BRANCHES OF THE HONG KONG BANK AND THE HANG SENG BANK, MUSEUMS, TOWN HALLS AND STADIA OPERATED BY THE URBAN SERVICES AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
PROMOTION ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS TO PROMOTE THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE INCLUDING PUBLICITY DISPLAYS, POSTERS AND SPECIAL DECORATED BUSES WHICH TOUR THE STREETS OF SEVERAL DISTRICTS.
RADIO AND TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE ALSO FREQUENTLY AIRED TO URGE PEOPLE TO REGISTER.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY REGISTERED VOTERS THAT THEY NEED NOT REGISTER AGAIN, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE CHANGED THE IR ADDRESS SHOULD REPORT IT TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION.
UP TO LAST YEAR. 1.42 MILLION OF THE 2.9 MILLION ELIGIBLE VOTERS HAVE REGISTERED.
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