SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1988
KWUN TONG VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN FULL SWING
KWUN TONG RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED UP AS ELECTORS BEING CALLED UPON TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS IN SUPPORT OF VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WHICH IS NOW IN FULL SWING IN DISTRICT.
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"ANYONE WHO IS 21 YEARS OLD BY DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR AND HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS OR IS A HONG PERMANENT RESIDENT IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TONG DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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"ONCE REGISTERED, ONE CAN VOTE IN FUTURE DISTRICT ELECTIONS AND IN THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS IN NEXT YEAR, HE ADDED.
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SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS IN NEWLY COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO HELP NEWCOMERS ΤΟ THE DISTRICT ΤΟ REGISTER. THESE BUILDINGS INCLUDE AMOY GARDEN PHASE IV, YUE MAN CENTRE, RING TIN ESTATE AND HONG WAH COURT.
"ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS CAN ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL IN A REGISTRATION FORM WHEN THEY VISIT ANY OF OUR SIX PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES WHERE STAFF WILL HELP THEM COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURE - A PROCESS WHICH TAKES ONLY A FEW MINUTES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED REGISTERED VOTERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE RE-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION OF ANY CHANGE OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS FOR UPDATING THE ELECTORAL ROLL, WHICH IS COMPILED ON A CONSTITUENCY BASIS ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENCES OF ELECTORS.
KWUN TONG DISTRICT HAS A POPULATION OF 680,000 AND A POTENTIAL ELECTORATE OF 459,000, OF WHICH OVER 195,000 HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED.
MEANWHILE, TO FURTHER PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION, POSTERS AND BANNERS HAVE BEEN PUT UP IN PROMINENT LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
LIVELY CARTOON FIGURES REPRESENTING DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ALSO DISPLAYED IN THE SHOW WINDOWS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES TO DRIVE HOME THE "SIGNING-UP" MESSAGE.
PLASTIC CLIPS CARRYING THE SLOGAN "EXERCISE YOUR CIVIC RIGHT, GET REGISTERED" ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SIX PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES AS SOUVENIRS.
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