SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1986
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PUBLICITY STEPPED UP FOR BY-ELECTION
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PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES ARE WELL UNDERWAY TO PROMOTE THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 22 FOR THE TAI KOK TSUI CONSTITUENCY.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG, SAID THE BY-ELECTION WAS TO RETURN A MEMBER TO THE SEAT VACATED BY A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR CHAN KWOK-MING, WHO WAS ELECTED TO THE URBAN COUNCIL RECENTLY.
FOUR CANDIDATES, MR LAI SHIU-NIN, MR CHAN CHUNG-KIT, MR LEE CHUNG-MING AND MISS ELAINE WONG, ARE CONTESTING THE SEAT.
MRS FUNG URGED ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CONSTITUENCY TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE FOR A CIVIC-MINDED AND CAPABLE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD ON POLLING DAY.
TWO POLLING STATIONS WILL BE SET UP AT KEI TSUN PRIMARY SCHOOL AT 150 TAI KOK TSUI ROAD AND AT MING KE COLLEGE AT 16 OAK STREET, POLLING HOURS ARE FROM 7.30 AM TO 10.30 PM.
STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE ARE GEARED UP FOR THE BY-ELECTION PUBLICITY DRIVE AND HAVE JUST FINISHED PACKAGING SETS OF ELECTION MATERIALS TO SEND TO MORE THAN 18 000 RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
THESE INCLUDE A LETTER FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICER APPEAL ING TO RESIDENTS TO VOTE, THE CANDIDATES' PLATFORMS, A MAP OF THE DISTRICT AND EXPLANATORY NOTES ON HOW TO VOTE.
BROADCASTING VANS ARE BEING MOBILISED TO TOUR THE AREA
UP TO ELECTION DAY TO BRING HOME POLLING MESSAGES AND TO DISTRIBUTE ELECTION PAMPHLETS WITH INFORMATION ON THE BY-ELECTION, HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
BANNERS AND POSTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN PUT UP THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO REMIND VOTERS OF THE BY-ELECTION.
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