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FRIDAY, OCT ER 2, 1981

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MINI SOCCER MATCHES TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION

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TWO SEVEN-A-SIDE FOOTBALL MATCHES WERE HELD AT THE TAI WAI PLAYGROUND IN SHA TIN TODAY (FRIDAY) AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE FIRST MATCH WAS PLAYED BETWEEN A TEAM FROM SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE AND A TEAM OF VETERAN SOCCER STARS FROM THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CHINA VETERAN TEAM INCLUDED MESSRS LAU KIN-CHUNG, KO PO KEUNG, LAU YEE, WONG CHE-KEUNG, YIU CHENG-YIN, MOK CHUN-WAH AND WONG CHE-KWONG.

FOLLOWING THE DEMONSTRATION MATCH, A CONTEST WAS HELD BETWEEN THE HONG KONG MINIATURE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION TEAM AND A REPRESENTATIVE TEAM FROM THE SHA TIN DISTRICT.

THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND TAI WAI VILLAGE OFFICE.

AFTER THE MATCHES, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WAT HON-LEUNG, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI WAI VILLAGE OFFICE, VISITED HOUSEHOLDS IN TAI WAI TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.

DR HASE TOLD THE VILLAGERS THAT THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION PERIOD WOULD END ON OCTOBER 12, AND PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT REGISTERED SHOULD DO SO AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO FAR. THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 8 000 REGISTRATION FORMS.