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Audio tapes on candidates for needy electors
The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has produced audio tapes introducing candidates of the forthcoming Municipal Council elections and District Board by-elections on March 5 for those electors in need.
The tapes were distributed to the following five voluntary agencies:
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Ebenezer School and Home for the Blind;
Hong Kong Society for the Blind;
The Hong Kong Association for the Mentally Handicapped;
Hong Kong Federation of the Blind;
Hong Kong Association of the Blind.
The tapes contained information provided to REO by the candidates themselves.
An REO spokesman said today (Saturday) that the production was made for the blind electors and those electors who could not read.
A full set contains 62 tapes, each for one particular constituency. Each agency received one full set.
There are 59 constituencies for the Municipal Council elections. Two district board by-elections will be held, one for Lower Ngau Tau Kok constituency and the other for Yau Ma Tei constituency.
Those electors in need can contact these agencies to borrow the tapes.
End/Saturday, February 25, 1995
Public urged to exercise voting rights on March 5
Kowloon City District Officer Mr William Yap has called on residents to exercise their voting rights on March 5.
Speaking at a closing ceremony for the 1994/95 Kowloon City District Civic Education Campaign tonight (Saturday), Mr Yap stressed that "to vote" was not only a matter of community participation, but more importantly, it was a major step in the direction of electors' civic rights and responsibilities.