SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1993
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RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
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(SUNDAY)
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER MRS ROSANNA URE TODAY CALLED ON THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO REGISTER AS VOTERS TO REGISTER NOW.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE SOUTHERN COLOR BOATS COMPETITION, MRS URE SAID THE VOTER REGISTRATION BEGAN IN APRIL.
DISTRICT EXERCISE
"THOSE WHO HAVE REACHED THE AGE OF 21 AND HAVE LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS SHOULD REGISTER AS VOTERS SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE IN THE 1994 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AND THE 1995 URBAN COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
MRS URK STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT, WHEN FORMULATING POLICIES TO IMPROVE DISTRICT FACILITIES, WOULD ALWAYS WISH то KNOW THE VIEWS OF RESIDENTS.
"THEIR VIRWS CAN BE REFLECTED FULLY THROUGH DISTRICT BOARDS,
SHE ADDED.
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SHE ENCOURAGED VOTERS TO ELECT THE CANDIDATES OF THEIR OWN CHOICES SO AS TO STRENGTHEN THE LINK BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RESIDENTS WITH A VIEW TO BUILDING AN EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY.
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT COLOR BOATS COMPETITION WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNC16, SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECREATION SPORTS COUNCIL AND HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB.
OVER 80 TEAMS TOOK PART IN THE RACES TODAY.