LIDAY. GUST 10, 1990
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AREA COMMITTER MEMBERS URGED TO HELP PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON SHAM SHUJ PO AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PEERS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
RECEPTION,
SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S JOINT AREA COMMITTEE
MR LAN SAID IN DOING SO, AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD BE SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE AND WOULD HELP ΤΟ ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE ΤΟ SUPPORT NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS, TO THE LEGISLATIV COUNCIL, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS.
"THE SUCCESS OF THESE ELECTIONS WOULD DEPEND ON THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC." HE SAID.
MR LAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE AT PRESENT REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE TERRITORY, WHICH WAS ABOUT 44 THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION. THE RATIO FOR THE SHAM SHUI PO ABOUT THE SAME.
1.6 MILLION PER CENT OF DISTRICT WAS
HAS
"IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT ALL THREE ELECTIONS WELL BE HELD ON SUNDAYS AND POLLING STATIONS WILL BE SET UP AT CONVENIENT LOCATIONS TO FACILITATE. VOTERS, MR LAN SAID.
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"THE GOVERNMENT
ΤΟ
WILL LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN ON AUGUST 15 PURLICISE THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS, AND A GALA SHOW WILL BE STAGED AT THE CULTURAL CENTRE ON AUGUST 25,
"DISTRICT OFFICES WILL ORGANISE ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM TRAM AND BUS PARADES, EXHIBITIONS, VIDEO BROADCASTS
CINEMAS
MTR AND STATIONS, VISITS TO FACTORIES, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, MARKETS AND SHOPS TO LARGE SCALE VOTER REGISTRATION DAYS, HE ADDED.
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MR LAN NOTED THAT LIKEWISE, THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE WOULD BE STAGING A SERIES OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING HOME VISITS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICITY MATERIALS.
"IN ADDITION, MEMBERS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL VISIT 11 CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THE YOUTH IN THE DISTRICT TO EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ELECTIONS.
"THEY WILL PROVIDE ON THE SPOT REGISTRATION INTERESTED," HE SAID.
FOR THOSE
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO AREA COMMITTEES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO DISTRICT AFFAIRS. AREA COMMITTEES, HE STRESSED, WERE AN
CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY IN THE
IMPORTANT
ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.
DISTRICT
/"THE AREA