WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,
1986
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ELECTORS GET FINAL CALL TO VOTE TOMORROW
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THE COUNTDOWN PUBLICITY+ FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS ENDED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN DISC JOCKEYS OF BOTH RADIO STATIONS TOOK PART IN PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN NON-URBAN AND URBAN DISTRICTS.
~T A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE HONG KONG RAILWAY MUSEUM IN TAI PO THIS MORNING, THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES MR GRAHAM BARNES, THANKED RTHK DISC-JOCKEYS FOR THEIR ACTIVE SUPPORT, AND URGED REGISTERED ELECTORS LIVING IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS TO VOTE TOMORROW (MARCH 6).
MR BARNES SAID THAT THE ELECTION WAS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT CANDIDATES OF THEIR OWN CHOICE TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
+THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS,+ HE ADDED.
FOURTEEN RTHK DISC JOCKEYS, WEARING SASHES WITH THE MESSAGE +VOTE MARCH 6+, DELIVERED VOTING MESSAGES AND GAVE OUT HANDBILLS TO RESIDENTS IN TAI PO.
A KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TRAIN THEN TOOK THEM TO SHA TIN FOR APPEALING TO RESIDENTS THERE.
A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY AT THE SHARP STREET EAST TRAM DEPOT IN WAN CHAI STARTED AN ANTIQUE TRAM TOUR AROUND HONG KONG ISLAND BY COMMERCIAL RADIO DISC JOCKEYS IN THE AFTERNOON.
AFTER THE CEREMONY MR BARNES MADE A SIMILAR APPEAL TO REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE URBAN AREAS, SAYING THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD CONTRIBUTED TREMENDOUSLY IN BUILDING A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
+ IT IS NOW UP TO THOSE SAME RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL ELECTIONS. THE URBAN COUNCIL PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDE THE BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, STADIUMS, SWIMMING POOLS AND LIBRARIES THE ORGANISATI... OF VARIOUS CULTURAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES: STREET CLEANING, PEST CONTROL AND MAINTAINING STANDARDS OF FOOD HYGIENE, HE ADDED.
MR BARNES ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MEDIA FOR THEIR POSITIVE SUPPORT OF THE ELECTIONS AND SAID THAT THE TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS HAVE HELPED ENORMOUSLY BY SPONSORING EVENTS SUCH AS THE ANTIQUE TRAM TOUR TO BRING THE +VOTE TOMORROW MESSAGE TO ELECTORS.
/RIDING ON