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SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1994
BEAUTY QUEENS HELP PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION
THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE TODAY (SATURDAY) ENLISTED THE HELP OF TWO BEAUTY QUEENS IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION.
THE SECOND RUNNER-UP OF THE 1993 MISS HONG KONG PAGEANT, MISS MIDDY YU AND MISS INTERNATIONAL GOOD WILL, CHRISTINA LAU, ACCOMPANIED BY YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROBERT CHAN, VISITED TWO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN TIN SHUI WAI TO URGE THE RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP AS VOTERS.
THEY WENT ΤΟ A COMMERCIAL CENTRE AT TIN Y10 ESTATE AND A
SHOPPING ARCADE AT ΤΙΝ SHUI ESTATE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE FORMS TO
PASSERS-BY.
THE TWO ESTATES AT PRESENT HOUSE ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE. THEM HAVE MOVED IN FOR LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
MOST OF
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COLOURFULLY DECORATED BUSES PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION
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TWO DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES FESTOONED WITH COLOURFUL BANNERS TOURED KWUN TONG AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT TODAY (SATURDAY) TO HELP SPREAD THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE,
AS PART OF THE DISTRICT OFFICES' CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF JULY 1, THE BUSES STOPPED AT MAJOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES TO REACH AS MANY POTENTIAL VOTERS AS POSSIBLE.
STAFF FROM THE TWO OFFICES ASSISTED THOSE WHO CAME FORWARD TO FILL IN THE FORMS AND SOUVENIRS WERE GIVEN AWAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT.
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS ROSANNA URE, CALLED ON THOSE WHO HAD REGISTERED TO MOTIVATE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAD REACHED THE AGE OF 18 TO FOLLOW SUIT.
SPEAKING AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING OFREMONY TO KICK OFF THE BUS TOUR OF HER DISTRICT, MRS URE SAID: "YOU HAVE TO BECOME A REGISTERED VOTER BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CHOICE IN THE THREE-TIER COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD THIS SEPTEMBER AND NEXT YEAR.
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APART FROM THE GAILY DECORATED BUSES, OTHER PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS AND THE SETTING UP OF REGISTRATION COUNTERS IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS,
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