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68,000 YUEN LONG VOTERS REGISTERED
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SOME 68,000 YUEN LONG RESIDENTS REGISTERED AS ELECTORS THIS YEAR'S VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN.
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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROBIN IP, SAID THE RESPONSE WAS VERY GOOD, AS THIS FIGURE REPRESENTED A 14 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VOTERS REGISTERED IN THE LAST CAMPAIGN TWO YEARS AGO.
"ONE OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE'S MAJOR TASK FOR THIS YEAR IS ΤΟ FOSTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTIONS AMONG OUR RESIDENTS, MR IP SAID.
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HE URGED RESIDENTS ΤΟ ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN NEXT YEAR'S THREE-TIERS ELECTIONS AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS то SUPPORT THE ELECTION ACTIVITIES, SO THAT EVERYONE COULD JOIN IN THE EFFORT TO BUILD UP HONG KONG.
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VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH VISITS AND STALL GAMES WILL BE HELD
TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS
CARNIVAL AT THE YURN LONG STADIUM.
INTER-SCHOOL DEBATES, SEMINARS, DURING THE THREE-MONTH CAMPAIGN.
FOLLOWED BY A CIVIC EDUCATION
CO-ORGANISED BY THE LION'S CLUB OF YUEN LONG AND THE DISTRICT'S CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP, THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY VARIOUS LOCAL COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS.
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OUTSTANDING PUPILS HONOURED
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A TOTAL OF 95 PRIMARY PUPILS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF MERIT AT THE DISTRICT'S OUTSTANDING PUPILS AWARD SCHEME PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT KING'S COLLEGE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
THE STUDENTS WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR SCHOOL HEADMASTERS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES IN ACADEMIC WORK, CONDUCT AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PAST YEAR.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR WU CHOR-NAM, TOLD THE STUDENTS TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR GOOD WORK.
"I HOPE YOU WILL SET A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHER YOUNGSTERS, MR WU SAID.
/THE CENTRAL