SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1988
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MOBILE COUNTERS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
THREE MOBILE COUNTERS WILL BE SET UP TOMORROW (SUNDAY) BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE TO HELP DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO REGISTER FOR NEXT YEAR'S URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
THE COUNTERS WILL BE LOCATED AT THE MA TAU WAI ESTATE, THE CONCOURSE OF THE OI MAN COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, AND THE SITTING-OUT AREA OUTSIDE THE TO KWA WAN GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN MA TAU WAI ROAD.
THEY WILL BE MANNED BY STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE RESIDENTS FILL IN REGISTRATION FORMS, BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM.
TO HELP
REGISTRATION FORMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT 141 KAU PUI LUNG ROAD, ITS TWO SUB-OFFICES, AND BRANCHES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK AND THE HANG SENG BANK IN THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT.
THE MOBILE COUNTERS FORM PART OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE NOW UNDERWAY IN THE DISTRICT.
DISTRIBUTION OF
PUBLICITY
THE OTHER MAJOR ACTIVITIES INVOLVE POSTERS AND BANNERS, AND A TOUR OF THE DISTRICT BY A SPECIALLY DECORATED BUS ON SEPTEMBER 10 TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER.
DURING THE TOUR, STATIONERY AND STICKERS BEARING A VOTER REGISTRATION SLOGAN WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC.
POLICE ENTERING NEW ERA IN FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY
THE $35 MILLION FIRST PHASE COMPUTERISATION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE'S FINGERPRINT SYSTEM RECENTLY APPROVED BY FINANCE BRANCH COMES AFTER 12 YEARS OF MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS WORLD-WIDE IN POLICE FINGERPRINT COMPUTERS.
IT WAS NOT THAT COULD
ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEMS WERE FIRST AVAILABLE IN 1976 UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO THAT SYSTEMS HAD DEVELOPED TO A STAGE PRODUCE A COMPUTERISED FINGERPRINT SYSTEM COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG.
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