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Voter registration day well-received
The five-month voter registration drive reaches a crescendo with the launching of the Voter Registration Day today (Sunday) with hundreds of thousands of people throughout Hong Kong being approached to register to
vote.
Hundreds of dedicated district and housing staff, community organisers and volunteers put their collective shoulders behind the wheel to promote the "Get-Yourself-Register" message which is fresh and alive in every corner of the
territory.
There was an impressive line-up of activities and assortment of programmes in all the 18 districts with an overall aim of providing an enjoyable environment in which to register.
Local celebrities were called in to help spread the message. Pop singers were invited to translate the message into songs at popular shopping centres and parks spotted with temporary registration booths and man-size comic characters and mascots to draw crowds.
Brightly decorated buses boasting eye-catching features paraded the busy streets in districts such as Kwai Tsing, Sai Kung, Yuen Long, Central and Western, Kowloon City, Wan Chai, Wong Tai Sin, Southern and Yau Tsim Mong.
A giant balloon was flown 31 metres above Sha Tin Central Park with flying messages of voter registration.
The interest of islanders and holiday-seekers were also whooped up when they saw a government vessel "Clementi" decorated with distinctive banners cruising around Lantau, Peng Chau and Cheung Chau. Lion dances were performed at Cheung Chau pier.