FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1994
AND EXCAVATED FROM
A QUARTZ STONE ENGRAVED WITH THE BAUHINIA CHEK LAP KOK IS BEING CARRIED ONBOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
ALONG WITH A UPON ITS DRAMATIC RETURN FROM SPACE, THE QUARTZ CERTIFICATE OF FLIGHT PRESENTED BY NASA WILL BE MOUNTED AND DISPLAYED IN THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL.
"THE QUARTZ STONE SIGNIFIES GROWING HONG KONG-U.S. TIES AND A
MAY EVER CLOSER.
THIS WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING BROUGHT
STONE, ALL WHO PASS WHEN PLACED IN OUR NEW AIRPORT ON CHEK LAP KOK, REMIND THROUGH HONG KONG'S GATEWAY OF THE BRIGHT FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND NEARNESS OF OUR FRIENDS IN THE UNITED STATES, MR WIGGHAM SAID.
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THE 14-DAY MISSION WILL BE THE 17TH FLIGHT OF COLUMBIA AND 63RD SHUTTLE MISSION.
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520,000 NEW ELECTORS REGISTERED
A TOTAL OF 520,000 NEW ELECTORS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED DURING THE THREE-MONTH VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WHICH ENDED LAST FRIDAY (JULY
1).
THIS
IS A RECORD FIGURE OF NEW VOTERS RECRUITED IN ONE SINGLE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN. A TOTAL OF 846,000 VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS WERE RECEIVED. THESE INCLUDE OVER 300,000 FROM CURRENT ELECTORS REPORTING CHANGES OF PARTICULARS.
OF THE NEW ELECTORS, 108,000 ARE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 18 AND 21 YEARS WHO FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE BECOME ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS ELECTORS. THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 54 PER CENT OF THE 200,000 ELIGIBLE. ELECTORS IN THE AGE GROUP.
IN THE LAST MAJOR VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN IN 1990, A TOTAL 628,904 FORMS WERE RECEIVED, FROM WHICH 299,312 NEW ELECTORS WERE RECRUITED.
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COMMENTING ON THE RESULTS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION, MR JUSTICE WOO KWOK-HING, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THIS YEAR'S REGISTRATION DRIVE WAS A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT.
THERE IS A 60 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FORMS RETURNED AS COMPARED TO THE LAST MAJOR CAMPAIGN AND SOME 70 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NEW ELECTORS REGISTERED.
THE SIZE OF THE TOTAL REGISTERED ELECTORATE WILL INCREASE FROM 1.94 MILLION LAST YEAR TO 2.46 MILLION THIS YEAR.
THE REGISTRATION RATE WILL ALSO JUMP FROM 52 PER CENT IN 1993 TO ALMOST 63 PER CENT THIS YEAR.
MR JUSTICE WOO SAID THE CAMPAIGN HAD LAID FIRM GROUNDS FOR THE COMING ELECTIONS.
THE CHAIRMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
/HE COMMENDED