SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1987
ACTIVITIES TO BOOST VOTER REGISTRATION
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A HOST OF ACTIVITIES
WAS ORGANISED IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT TODAY (SUNDAY) TO SPREAD THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE TO THE 150,000 POTENTIAL ELECTORS WHO HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED.
THE MAJOR FUNCTION WAS A VOTER REGISTRATION CARNIVAL HELD AT KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND WHICH STARTED OFF WITH THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO TUNG-CHING AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT PUBLICITY COMMITTER FOR 1987 VOTER REGISTRATION, MR ALAN SIU HOISTING A HELIUM BALLOON CARRYING THE SLOGAN "REGISTER AS A VOTER"
MR COAK DISCLOSED THAT THE REGISTRATION RATE OF THE DISTRICT STOOD AT 38.7 PER CENT, ACCORDING TO THE 1986 FINAL REGISTER.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REGISTERED WAS ON THE INCREASE SINCE THE CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED IN THE DISTRICT ON JULY 20. A NUMBER OF DOOR-TO- DOOR VISITS HAD THEN BEEN CONDUCTED AND MOBILE REGISTRATION COUNTERS WERE SET UP, HE ADDED.
A REGISTRATION COUNTER WAS ALSO SET UP AT TODAY'S CARNIVAL WHERE COMMUNITY ORGANISERS WERE ON HAND ΤΟ ASSIST PARTICIPANTS TO SIGN UP.
THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. ANYONE AGED 21 OR OVER BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND IS A HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENT OR HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS, WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AND VOTE IN THE NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION.
REGISTRATION MESSAGE VIA CARNIVAL
A CARNIVAL HELD THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE WHEN PARTICIPANTS WERE URGED ΤΟ SIGN UP AS ELECTORS WHILE BEING ENTERTAINED AT THE SHUN LEE ESTATE PODIUM FLOOR, KWUN TONG.
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THE 'BE A VOTER, BE A GOOD CITIZEN' CARNIVAL FEATURING AN EXHIBITION, MUPPET SHOWS AND A MOCK ELECTION', AIMED AT DRIVING HOME THE REGISTRATION MESSAGE THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, KWUN TONG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS ROSANNA URE, CALLED ON THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE BUT HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED ΤΟ DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IN PARTICULAR, YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 21 AND 25 YEARS OLD.
/SHE SAID