WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1990
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RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, KWAN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CALLED ON ELIGIBLE ELECTORS TO EXERCISE CIVIC RIGHTS BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS.
MR LEO THEIR
MR KWAN WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO KICK OFF THE NORTH DISTRICT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE IN TIN PING ESTATE, SHEUNG SHUI.
"ANYONE AGED 21 OR ABOVE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, BEING A HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENT OR HAVING RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS, IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE," HE SAID.
HE ALSO REMINDED REGISTERED ELECTORS WHO HAD CHANGED THEIR ADDRESSES TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE BY FILLING IN THE VOTER REGISTRATION FORM AGAIN.
"REGISTRATION AS AN ELECTOR IS A PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING.
"THE YEAR 1991 CAN BE SAID TO BE A YEAR OF ELECTIONS, IN WHICH DISTRICT BOARDS, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL MARK AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
"THROUGH ELECTIONS ΤΟ THE THREE-TIER GOVERNMENT, RESIDENTS ELECTED THEIR IDEAL CANDIDATES TO REFLECT THEIR VIEWS, BRING ABOUT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS, OR TAKE PART IN POLICY FORMULATION, HE ADDED.
MR KWAN ALSO NOTED THAT THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE HAD LAUNCHED A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO DRIVE HOME THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE.
THESE INCLUDED HOME VISITS, MOBILE BROADCASTING то REMOTE VILLAGES AND TEMPORARY REGISTRATION COUNTERS AT THE FANLING SHEUNG SHUI RAILWAY STATIONS.
AND
PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES LAUNCHED TODAY INCLUDED A BUS PARADE, RELEASE OF BALLOONS, DISTRIBUTION OF SOUVENIRS AND A MINI-EXHIBITION.
AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM HUI; THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOUR RURAL COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT.
ALSO OFFICIATING
PANG
MEANWHILE, THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW (THURSDAY) EVENING AT ON то HOUSE, CHEUNG ON ESTATE, TSING YI.
HOME VISITS WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED AND REGISTRATION COUNTERS SET UP TO ASSIST LICAL RESIDENTS.
OTHER PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
DRAWS
WILL
INCLUDE AN
EXHIBITION, RESIDENTS
A ARE
QUIZ, RAFFLE
AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOUVENIRS. INVITED TO ATTEND THE GALA, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 7 PM.
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