SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1988
FINANCE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS DETENTION CENTRE FUNDING
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WEDNESDAY DETENTION
THE
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON (AUGUST 24) TO DISCUSS FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AT WHITEHEAD, WU KAI SHA, IN NEW TERRITORIES.
THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 4 PM AT THE LEGISLATIVE
BUILDING.
VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE STARTS IN YAU TSIM
COUNCIL
THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER (YAU TSIM), MISS MARY CHOW, TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS.
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'SIGNING UP AS AN ELECTOR IS THE RIGHT AND ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL," SHE SAID.
OBLIGATION OF AN
WORLD
MISS CHOW WAS SPEAKING
AT A CEREMONY,
PLAZA IN TSIM SHA TSUI, TO
ΤΟ LAUNCH THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE.
HELD AT THE NEW DISTRICT 'S VOTER
'ANYONE WHO HAS REACHED OR WILL BE 21 YEARS OF AGE BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WHO HAS BEEN LIVING IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN OR IS A HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENT CAN REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR.
"THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED CAN VOTE IN FUTURE DISTRICT ELECTIONS AS WELL AS THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS ADDED.
YEARS
BOARD
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NEXT YEAR, SHE
MISS CHOW ALSO REMINDED REGISTERED VOTERS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR ADDRESSES TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION OFFICER.
THE POPULATION OF THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT IS AROUND THE POTENTIAL ELECTORATE IS ESTIMATED AT 96,000.
142,000 AND
TOGETHER A
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE PUT COLOURFUL PICTURE, MEASURING 160 SQUARE FEET, SHOWING A SLOGAN AND DISTRICT LANDMARKS. STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE HELPED THOSE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AT THE SPOT.
THE CEREMONY BEGAN A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE ΤΟ REMIND RESIDENTS OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION
EXERCISE.
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