SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1987
YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO REGISTER
MR BOWEN LEUNG, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED UPON YOUNG PEOPLE AGED OVER 21 TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND REGISTER AS ELECTORS.
"MORE THAN 60,000 APPLICATIONS FORMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN AND I HOPE MORE PEOPLE WILL SIGN UP IN THE COMING MONTH, HE SAID.
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"HOWEVER, THE REGISTRATION RATE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 25 IS STILL COMPARATIVELY LOWER THAN THE OTHER AGE GROUPS AND I WISH TO MAKE SPECIAL APPEALS TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING то MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AT A VOTER REGISTRATION CARNIVAL AND TV SHOW HELD TODAY IN THE URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY GARDEN IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WHICH IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S REGISTRATION DRIVE.
DURING THE CARNIVAL, CELEBRITIES INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN, POPULAR SINGERS AND TV ARTISTES JOINED HANDS IN MAKING VOTER REGISTRATION APPEAL.
TARGETED AT YOUNG PEOPLE, THE PROGRAMME FOCUSED ON AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CITIZEN ON REACHING THE AGE OF WHICH WAS TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR.
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JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION AND INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE SHOW ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE 19 DISTRICTS.
POPULAR SINGERS AND TV ARTISTES PRESENT AT TODAY'S FUNCTION INCLUDED MISS MARY CHEUNG, MISS LIZA WANG, MR MICHAEL KWAN, LEON LAI, MR ANDY HUI, MISS MAN PUI-LING, MISS KWONG YAN-YIN
MR TERENCE CHOL, MR MISS EILEEN CHENG, MR LOUIS YUEN, MR JOSEPH TAY, AND MR CHRIS WONG.
APART FROM ENTERTAINING THE AUDIENCE WITH SONGS AND DANCES, THOSE WHO HAD NOT REGISTERED ALSO TOOK THE LEAD TO SIGN UP ON SPOT AND ASSISTED PARTICIPANTS TO DO SO AT A COUNTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION AT THE VENUE.
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