SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1985
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ALTHOUGH RESIDENTS CANNOT VOTE IN THE SEPTEMBER 26 ELECTIONS, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CANDIDATES ONE OF WHOM WILL BE THE IR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -- IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SPIRIT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, MISS TAM ADDED.
THE INTER-SCHOOL DEBATE ON CIVIC EDUCATION, HELD AT THE LOK WAH ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE, IS PART OF THE MONTH-LONG +ACTION CIVIC YOUTH+ PROGRAMME SPONSORED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION AMONG LOCAL YOUTHS.
MISS TAM SAID SHE WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT PARTICIPATING STUDENTS HAD PUT FORWARD MANY VALUABLE VIEWS ON CIVIC EDUCATION AND OTHER ISSUES DURING THE DEBATES.
+ I HOPE THEY WILL VOICE THEIR VIEWS AS READILY IN THEIR DAILY LIFE,+ MISS TAM SAID.
FOUR OF TODAY'S EIGHT DEBATE TEAMS WILL GO ON TO THE SEMI-FINALS TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY AT THE SAME VENUE.
WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
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THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PHILIP CHOK, TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP AS ELECTORS BEFORE THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE CLOSED ON OCTOBER 1.
+THERE ARE ONLY NINE DAYS LEFT FOR ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR, MR CHOK SAID.
+PEOPLE WHO HAVE REACHED THE AGE OF 21 AND HAVE LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS SHOULD NOT MISS THE CHANCE, + HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TSZ WAN SHAN ELDERLY AND YOUTH EXTRAVAGANZA, MR CHOK ALSO INVITED THE RESIDENTS, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNCTIONS ORGANISED FOR THE EXTRAVAGANZA IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO GENERATIONS.
THE TWO-WEEK EXTRAVAGANZA IS SPONSORED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD AND ORGANISED BY THE THREE AREA COMMITTEES IN TSZ WAN SHAN AND THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE.
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