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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1987
RURAL RESIDENTS URGED TO SIGN UP
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YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN WONG,
TODAY (SATURDAY)
APPEALED TO YUEN LONG RURAL RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS BEFORE THE REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S VOTER REGISTRATION VARIETY SHOW IN FAIRVIEW PARK, MR WONG URGED ELIGIBLE YUEN LONG RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS BY SIGNING UP AS VOTERS SO THEY COULD ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE ΤΟ THE DISTRICT BOARD AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
MR WONG NOTED THAT THE DISTRICT BOARDS HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO REFLECT VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
UP TO SEPTEMBER 10, OF THE 130,000 ESTIMATED ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN YUEN LONG DISTRICT, 60,300 HAVE BEEN REGISTERED. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTER THIS YEAR, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION THROUGH DOOR TO DOOR VISITS, CINEMA ADVERTISEMENT, POSTERS AND BANNERS UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
BROADCASTING VAN,
THE PROGRAMME IN TODAY'S VOTER REGISTRATION VARIETY SHOW INCLUDED SINGING, DANCING AND MAGIC SHOW, IN ADDITION, A TEMPORARY VOTER REGISTRATION COUNTER WAS SET UP NEXT TO THE OPEN AIR THEATRE WHERE COMMUNITY ORGANISERS HELPED ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS ΤΟ FILL IN
REGISTRATION FORMS.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S SHOW WAS YUẸN LONG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR TAI KUEN.
SUPPLY OF MANPOWER DEPENDS ON EDUCATION
THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (SATURDAY) ASKED A GROUP OF 219 NEWLY RECRUITED GOVERNMENT SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, LECTURERS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS TO SHOULDER THE VITAL RESPONSIBILITY TO BETTER EDUCATE THE NEW GENERATION.
WELCOMING THE TEACHERS AND OFFICERS TO JOIN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT THE START OF AN INDUCTION COURSE AT THE SCHOOL HALL OF THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, MR LAN SAID THE SUPPLY OF WELL-TRAINED MANPOWER IN THE COMMUNITY DEPENDED ON THE HARD WORK OF SCHOOL TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT'S HUGE INVESTMENT ON EDUCATION.
THE
AME LAN
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