TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1990
RS CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (TUESDAY) CALLED ON FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO SUPPORT THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL BEGIN IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH.
HE ALSO CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG KWUN TONG COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION ΤΟ ENCOURAGE THEIR STAFF MEMBERS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
THE ASSOCIATION'S 7,000 FACTORIES IN KWUN
OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF DIRECTORS, MR LAN NOTED THAT THE MORE THAN TONG ARE EMPLOYING OVER 180,000 WORKERS.
"I THEREFORE APPEAL TO EVERY ONE OF YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOUR STAFF MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ΤΟ DISCHARGE THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES BY SIGNING UP AS VOTERS.
"THOSE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED BUT HAVE CHANGED THEIR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES SHOULD NOTIFY THE AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY.
"ON POLLING DAY, THEY OUGHT TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHT BY CASTING THEIR VOTES TO ELECT OUR LEADERS. THIS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO BUILDING A BETTER HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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IMPORTANT "HISTORICAL
MR LAN DESCRIBED THE 1990'S AS AN MOMENT" FOR HONG KONG'S CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
"HONG KONG WILL BE ENTERING A NEW ERA IN 1991 WHEN THE PUBLIC WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, AND THERE WILL BE DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE SAID.
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MR LAN SAID HONG KONG NEEDED LEADERS WITH A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, TO GUIDE THE TERRITORY THROUGH THE TRANSITION PERIOD AND TO HELP HONG KONG SUSTAIN
ITS PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.
"DURING HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE HAS BEEN NO
LACK OF TALENTS IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES.
"MEMBERS OF YOUR ASSOCIATION COME FROM DIFFERENT TRADES, AMONG THEM MANY ARE KEEN TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.
"I AM CONVINCED THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TERRITORY'S CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT," HE ADDED.
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