SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1987
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SOUTHERN RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT WHO ARE ELIGIBLE BUT HAVE NOT SO BY THE END OF YET REGISTERED AS ELECTORS ARE BEING URGED TO DO SEPTEMBER SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN NEXT YEAR'S BOARD ELECTIONS.
DISTRICT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD, MADE THE APPEAL DURING A BOAT-TO-BOAT REGISTRATION VISIT TO BOAT DWELLERS IN ABERDEEN HARBOUR TODAY (SUNDAY).
DISTRICT'S
THE VISIT MARKED THE LAUNCHING OF THE REGISTRATION DRIVE, WHICH WOULD RUN UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
EXERCISE
THESE
VOTER
MR LORD SAID: "TO BECOME AN ELECTOR IS A CIVIC RIGHT AND
SHOULD RESPONSIBILITY AND ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS
RIGHTS
AND REGISTER NOW.
"
OFFICE WILL ALSO OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE
TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION, THE DISTRICT CONDUCT DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO A LARGE NUMBER DISTRICT.
AN APPEAL LETTER TOGETHER WITH REGISTRATION FORM WILL BE SENT TO HOUSEHOLDS NOT COVERED BY REGISTRATION VISITS.
STAFF "APART FROM RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THE DISTRICT OFFICE ALSO VISIT FACTORIES WHICH HAVE A WORKFORCE SAID.
WILL
OF
MORE THAN
200,"
HE
MESSAGE,
BANNERS AND
TOURS
BY
EXTENSIVE PUBLICITY WILL BE MOUNTED DURING THE TWO-MONTH REGISTRATION EXERCISE, INCLUDING THE DISPLAY OF POSTERS,
FLAGS LAMP-POLE
CARRY ING THE REGISTRATION BROADCASTING VAN AND DISTRIBUTION OF GIVE-AWAY ITEMS.
THE
SOUTHERN
DISTRICT,
THE
OUT OF THE 238,000 POPULATION IN POTENTIAL ELECTORATE IS 141,000 OF WHICH ABOUT HALF ARE ALREADY REGISTERED VOTERS.
REGISTRATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS BRANCH SUB-OFFICES IN STANLEY AND WAH FU.
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