ELECTION FORUM IN SHAM SHUI PO
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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1992
THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE WILL HOLD A FORUM TOMORROW (MONDAY) FOR THE THREE CANDIDATES CONTESTING THE SEAT OF THE PAK TIN CONSTITUENCY IN THE FORTHCOMING DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTION.
THE FORUM WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM AT THE BASKETBALL COURT BETWEEN BLOCKS SEVEN AND EIGHT OF PAK TIN ESTATE.
IN THE EVENT OF RAINY WEATHER, THE VENUE WILL BE CHANGED TO THE PAK TIN COMMUNITY HALL, PODIUM, BLOCK 3, PAK TIN ESTATE.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FORUM WOULD HELP ELECTORS KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES BEFORE CASTING THEIR VOTES IN THE BY-ELECTION ON SUNDAY (MAY 24).
HE URGED ELECTORS AND RESIDENTS IN THE PAK TIN CONSTITUENCY TO ATTEND THE FORUM, DURING WHICH THE CANDIDATES WILL PRESENT THEIR PLATFORMS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
THE CANDIDATES ARE MR STANLEY SUM YEU-CHO, A 41-YEAR-OLD LECTURER; MR LEUNG WAI-SHING, A 33-YEAR-OLD CIVIC EDUCATION CO-ORDINATOR; AND MR YAN KAI-WING, A 26-YEAR-OLD COMMUNITY ORGANISER.
THE PAK TIN CONSTITUENCY, COVERING MAINLY THE PAK TIN ESTATE AND THE TAI WO PING AREA, HAS A TOTAL OF 12,521 REGISTERED VOTERS.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE ELECTION FORUM.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP IN THE REHABILITATION WORK OF OFFENDERS.
PEOPLE, AGED 21 OR ABOVE, WITH SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, MATURE PERSONALITY AND INTEREST IN THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONS (VSP).
THE SCHEME WAS SET UP IN 1976 TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN HELPING OFFENDERS.
A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (SUNDAY) SAID THE SCHEME AIMED TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST AND CONCERN TOWARDS HELPING AND REHABILITATING OFFENDERS AND BY SO DOING BRING GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND STRONGER COMMUNITY ACTION AGAINST CRIME.
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