FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1990
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VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN TO BE EXTENDED
THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE EXTENDED TO END OCTOBER, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF ZONE 4 OF THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, HONG KONG AND MACAU, MR HSU SAID ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TARGET REGISTRATION FIGURE, THE GOVERNMENT, AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, DECIDED TO EXTEND THE CAMPAIGN TO END OF NEXT MONTH SO THAT MORE POTENTIAL ELECTORS COULD REGISTER.
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"OUR STAFF WILL BE VISITING A NUMBER OF KEY LOCATIONS OCTOBER, SUCH AS PUBLIC LIBRARIES, WAITING HALLS OF MAJOR IMMIGRATION OFFICES, LARGE OFFICE COMPLEXES AND EVENING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES.
"TO FURTHER FACILITATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, A TELEPHONE HOTLINE WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL ON OCTOBER 2, ++ HE SAID.
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"ALL ONE NEEDS TO DO IS TO DIAL 827 1122 AND STAFF OF THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE WILL HELP HIM GET REGISTERED, HE
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MEANWHILE, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND BANKS WOULD CONTINUE DISTRIBUTING REGISTRATION FORMS.
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MR HSU NOTED THAT A WIDE RANGE OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES BEEN HELD AT BOTH THE CENTRAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS DURING THE PAST ONE-AND-A-HALF MONTHS TO APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC TO GET REGISTERED IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S THREE ELECTIONS.
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"THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORY. UP TO YESTERDAY, MORE THAN 340,000 COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS OVER 200,000 FROM THE 10 URBAN DISTRICTS AND 140,000 FROM THE THE NINE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS - WERE RETURNED.
"THIS REPRESENTS A 45 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE FIGURE FOR A SIMILAR EXERCISE IN 1987, HE SAID.
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HOWEVER, MR HSU SAID MANY ELIGIBLE PEOPLE HAD YET AND THE REGISTRATION RATE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 21 TO LOW. HE CALLED ON THEM TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHT.
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"ACCORDING TO EXISTING LEGISLATION, ANY ELIGIBLE VOTER GETS REGISTERED BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS, HE SAID.
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HSU ALSO REMINDED REGISTERED VOTERS WHO HAD CHANGED THEIR ADDRESS TO REPORT THE CHANGE TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL BEFORE DECEMBER.
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