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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1986
OPEN FORUMS FOR TUEN MUN CANDIDATES
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THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE WILL ORGANISE TWO FORUMS FOR CANDIDATES STANDING FOR ELECTION IN THE TUEN MUN CONSTITUENCIES OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL TO EXPLAIN THEIR PLATFORMS AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THE TUEN MUN EAST CONSTITUENCY FORUM WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 17) AT THE ON TING AND YAU OI COMMUNITY CENTRE IN ON TING ESTATE. THE TWO CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE SEAT ARE MR SO SHIU-SHING AND MR TSANG KWONG-YUEN.
THE TUEN MUN WEST CONSTITUENCY FORUM WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM ON FEBRUARY 20 (THURSDAY) AT THE MADAM LEUNG WONG WAI FONG MEMORIAL SCHOOL IN SHAN KING ESTATE. THE CANDIDATES CONTESTING THIS CONSTITUENCY ARE MADAM WAN SHUT-LING AND MR NG MING-YUM.
LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE FORUMS.
OTHER PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS INCLUDE AN APPEAL LETTER BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY TO MORE THAN 76 000 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, URGING THEM TO CAST THEIR VOTES ON MARCH 6. AND 50 000 COPIES OF A NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT OUTLINING THE CANDIDATES' ELECTION PLATFORM, ELECTION PROCEDURES, AND WORKS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS IN EARLY MARCH.
THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ALSO ARRANGED FOR TWO BROADCASTING VANS TO TOUR MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND OTHER PROMINENT AREAS FROM MARCH 2 TO 6, AND BANNERS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
A MINI-EXHIBITION ON THE FUNCTIONS OF REGCO AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PUT UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT OFFICES UNTIL MARCH 6, AND TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS WILL HELP CONDUCT HOUSEHOLD VISITS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TWO FORUMS.
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