XN000022-1981-10-09 — Page 3

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1981

IN OTHER CASES, HE SAID, A FEW PREMISES RECEIVED WATER OUTSIDE SUPPLY HOURS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCATED WITHIN INDUSTRIAL ZONES.

MR TUCKER POINTED OUT THAT SOME PEOPLE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE WATER WELL AFTER THE MAINS WERE CLOSED BECAUSE SOME WATER REMAINED IN THE PIPING SYSTEM AND FOR A WHILE WOULD CONTINUE TO FEED SOME PREMISES IN LOW-LYING AREAS.

HE STRESSED THAT EVERY EFFORT WAS BEING MADE TO HAVE SUPPLIES STOPPED AT 10 PM EACH DAY AND RESTORED AT 6 O'CLOCK THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

HOWEVER HE ADDED, CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT EXPECT THEIR SUPPLIES TO BE STOPPED AT PRECISELY 10 PM.

+ IN SOME CASES, THE SWITCH-OFF TIME VARIES BY MINUTES FROM PLACE TO PLACE AS OUR TURNCOCK STAFF WORK THEIR WAY FROM ONE VALVE TO ANOTHER, HE SAID.

HURRY UP AND REGISTER, SNT URGES

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SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON ALL WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN NEW TERRITOR IES DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TO HURRY UP AND REGISTER+.

THERE ARE ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT FOR REGISTRATION WHICH CLOSES ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 12).

MR CHU! SAID UP TO YESTERDAY THE EIGHT NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES HAD RECEIVED MORE THAN 100 000 COMPLETED FORMS.

+THIS IS A REASONABLY SATISFACTORY RESULT, ALTHOUGH | AM HOPING THAT A LOT MORE FORMS WILL COME IN BEFORE REGISTRATION CLOSES, HE SAID.

ONLY THOSE WHO REGISTER CAN VOTE IN THE NT DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON MARCH 4 NEXT YEAR, HE POINTED OUT.

+BY VOTING, PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES TO SIT ON BOARDS, WHICH HAVE A DIRECT SAY ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND POLICIES AFFECTING THEIR LIVES, HE SAID.

ELECTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE ORGANISED ON A CONSTITUENCY BASIS. THERE ARE 46 CONSTITUENCIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND 128 POLLING STATIONS.

ANYONE WHO IS AGED 21 YEARS OR OVER, POSSESSES A HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD AND WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE.

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