WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1986
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VOTE ON MARCH 6 APPEAL TO ELECTORS
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THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING LIKENED ELECTORS TO THAT OF ADJUDICATORS OF A CONTEST AS THEY WOULD BE THE ONES TO GIVE POINTS TO CANDIDATES WITH THEIR VOTES IN THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS ON MARCH 6.
SPEAKING AT THE 15TH OPEN DANCE CONTEST PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY AND WINNERS' PERFORMANCE, HE SAID, WHILE NOT ALL OF US COULD ADJUDICATE A DANCE CONTEST, THE ADJUDICATORS' FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS ARE NO OTHER THAN THE VOTERS.+
MR CHAU SAID THE WORK OF THE TWO COUNCILS, SUCH AS PROVIDING CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES, MAINTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, WAS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE DAILY LIVES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+AS THE SUCCESS OF THEIR WORK DEPENDS ON RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT. I CALL ON EVERY VOTER TO POLL ON MARCH 6 AND ELECT THOSE WHO ARE WELL PREPARED TO BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY FOR US,+ HE SAID.
THE 302 POLLING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WILL BE OPEN BETWEEN 7.30 AM AND 10.30 PM ON MARCH 6 NEXT THURSDAY.
THIS EVENING'S PERFORMANCE WAS STAGED AT CITY HALL BY 17 WINNING DANCE GROUPS OF THE 15TH OPEN DANCE CONTEST HELD LAST YEAR WITH 119 PARTICIPATING TEAMS.
THE CONTEST WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT CULTURE AND RECREATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND SPONSORED BY KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD.
EXHIBITION ON UC ELECTION STARTS TOMORROW ****
A TWO-WEEK EXHIBITION TO PUBLICISE THE MARCH 6 URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION WILL BE HELD AT THE LOBBY OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE IN WESTERN STREET, SAI YING PUN, STARTING TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
COLOURFUL PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCING URBAN COUNCIL FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT TOGETHER WITH PLATFORMS OF THE TWO CANDIDATES STANDING FOR ELECTIONS WILL BE ON DISPLAY.
/THE FREE