TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1986
VOTERS URGED TO SUPPORT KOWLOON CITY BY-ELECTION
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KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FONG, TODAY (TUESDAY) APPEALED TO THE 15 700 REGISTERED VOTERS IN HO MAN TIN SOUTH CONSTITUENCY OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN THE BY-ELECTION ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 16).
+VOTING TAKES ONLY A FEW MINUTES BUT IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ACT AS IT REFLECTS THE SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND SUPPORT FOR THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD IN ITS WORK FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
TWO POLLING STATIONS AT THE 01 MAN ESTATE MUSIC HALL AND THE HOLY CARPENTER SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE AT VALLEY ROAD ESTATE WILL OPEN FOR 15 HOURS FROM 7.30 AM TO 10.30 PM FOR THURSDAY'S BY-ELECTION.
+80 IT WILL GIVE ELECTORS AMPLE TIME TO VOTE ON THEIR WAY TO OR FROM WORK OR WHEN OUT SHOPPING OR DINING AT RESTAURANTS,+ MR FONG ADDED.
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MEANWHILE, IN A BID TO ENCOURAGE VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE BY-ELECTION, A PUBLICITY BUS BROADCASTING BY-ELECTION MESSAGE AND MUSIC WILL BE TOURING VARIOUS BUSY LOCATIONS IN THE HO MAN TIN SOUTH CONSTITUENCY THROUGHOUT TODAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD HO MAN TIN SOUTH CONSTITUENCY BY-ELECTION IS HELD TO FILL A SEAT VACATED FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF AN ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER IN AUGUST.
TWO CANDIDATES, MR SO CHOI-HING (42), AN INTERIOR DECORATOR AND MR CHIANG SAI-CHEONG (30), A TEACHER, HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO CONTEST IN THE BY-ELECTION.
EXPO CLOSES ON HIGH NOTE
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EXPO '86 IN VANCOUVER CAME TO A COLOURFUL CLOSE ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 13) WITH THE ORGANISERS ACCLAIMING IT A GREAT SUCCESS.
THE EXHIBITION, WHICH OPENED ON MAY 2, ATTRACTED 22.1 MILLION VISITORS, FAR IN EXCESS OF THE 13.5 MILLION PROJECTED.
HONG KONG'S PAVILION RECORDED 1 357 620 VISITORS, WHICH A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE DESCRIBED AS A VERY GRATIFYING FIGURE THAT FULLY JUSTIFIED THE DECISION TO PARTICIPATE.
THE CLOSING