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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1994
"THROUGH THE
ELECTED
LIFE
OR
THE GOVERNMENT,
COUNCILLORS,
** НЕ
OUR
SAID,
BOARD MEMBERS
EXPECTATIONS IN
ARE REFLECTED TO ECHOING THE CAMPAIGN SLOGAN "MAKE YOURSELF HEARD, REGISTER TO VOTE".
FOR QUALIFICATIONS
REGISTRATION,
"THOSE
HE SAID: ON THE REACHING THE AGE OF 18 ON JUNE 30 THIS YEAR OR OVER, AND ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR HAVE ORDINARILY LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR THE PRECEDING THE DATE OF APPLICATION ARE ELIGIBLE."
THERE ARE 3.9 MILLION ELIGIBLE VOTERS, OF WHICH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED.
SEVEN YEARS
1.94 MILLION
COMMISSION AND A WORKING GROUP ON PUBLICITY FORMED UNDER THE
TASKED TO FORMULATE THE CONVENED BY MR NORMAN LEUNG NAI-PANG IS
INTENSIVE PROGRAMMES PUBLICITY STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENT EXTENSIVE AND FOR THE TWO MILLION POTENTIAL VOTERS FROM APRIL 1 TO JULY 1.
ABOUT $6.6 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON THESE PROGRAMMES.
PROGRAMMES PUBLICITY
ARE BEING
FOR ORGANISED "SPECIAL 200,000 ELIGIBLE VOTERS AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 21, WITH THE LOWERING
HE ADDED. THE VOTING AGE TO 18 FROM THIS FRIDAY (APRIL 1),
TI
OFFICE
REGISTERED ELECTORS WILL ALSO BE URGED TO REPORT PROMPTLY CHANGE OF HOME ADDRESS TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL THAT THEY MAY VOTE IN THE RIGHT CONSTITUENCY.
THE
OF
ANY 30
MAKE USE OF THE "AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL, THE CAMPAIGN WILL ELECTRONIC AND PRINTED MEDIA, LIGHT ELECTRONIC DISPLAY BOARDS, COUPLED WITH MTR, KCR,
TRAM AND BUS ADVERTISING TO DISSEMINATE REGISTRATION MESSAGE TO PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,
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THE VOTER MR JUSTICE WOO
SAID.
RADIO NEWSPAPER AND
AMONG THE PUBLICITY ITEMS ARE A SERIES OF TELEVISION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND PROGRAMMES, MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENTS, AS WELL AS SOUVENIRS.
"REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT OVER 1,500 AND APPEAL LETTERS SENT TO THE POTENTIAL ELECTORATE.
OUTLETS,
"VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES WILL ALSO BE LAUNCHED IN
AND INSTITUTIONS SCHOOLS, TERTIARY AND POST-SECONDARY
PLANS
TF
ARE
ALSO
ORGANISATIONS. AMBASSADOR SCHEME, HE ADDED.
PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
IN HAND
FOR
Α ́
BEING ORGANISED
VOTER
SECONDARY YOUTH
REGISTRATION
OFFICES
BY DISTRICT WINDOW DISPLAY. BUS
INCLUDE PUTTING UP OF POSTERS AND SIGNBOARDS, PARADES, CARNIVALS, VARIETY SHOWS, DISTRIBUTION OF SOUVENIRS, UP OF TEMPORARY REGISTRATION COUNTERS AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, VISITS BY TEMPORARY STAFF.
SETTING HOUSEHOLD
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