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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1982

NT VOTERS REMINDED OF DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION DAY ******

POPULAR SINGER LI LUNG-KAY, WHO HAS BEEN LIVING IN TUEN MUN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, IS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD.

HE FEELS THE BOARD PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING MORE HEALTHY ACTIVITIES FOR THE GROWING POPULATION OF TUEN MUN.

+ IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT THE BOARD HAS ORGANISED SO MANY PROGRAMMES FOR US, MR LI SAID DURING A BREAK IN A RECORDING SESSION TODAY (TUESDAY).

+1 MYSELF HAVE TAKEN PART IN SEVERAL OF THEN, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE TUEN MUN FESTIVAL, AND I AM EXTREMELY IMPRESSED BY ITS POPULARITY AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, MR LI SAID.

*THE FESTIVAL NOT ONLY PROVIDED THEM WITH ENTERTAINMENT, BUT ALSO HELPED THEM TO KNOW THEIR DISTRICT BETTER, HE ADDED.

THIS, IN FACT, IS WHAT EVERY DISTRICT BOARD IS TRYING TO DO FOR ITS RESIDENTS, MR LI POINTED OUT.

HE REMINDED REGISTERED NEW TERRITORIES VOTERS THAT THE NT DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION DAY IS ON THURSDAY (MARCH 4) WHEN THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THOSE THEY WISH TO REPRESENT THEM ON THE BOARDS.

+I WILL CERTAINLY CAST MY VOTE ON THAT DAY, AND I HOPE OTHER VOTERS WILL DO THE SAME, MR LI SAID.

SPECIAL STAMP ISSUES

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+HONG KONG FAUNA+ WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF THE NEXT SET OF FOUR POSTAGE STAMPS WHICH WILL GO ON SALE ON MAY 4, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MŘ A.C. HEATHCOTE SAID.

MR HEATHCOTE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE CURRENT DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMPS WHICH WERE FIRST PLACED ON SALE IN 1973 WILL BE REPLACED BY A NEW ISSUE IN AUGUST. THE NEW DEFINITIVE STAMPS WILL FOLLOW THE TRADITION OF DEPICTING THE HEAD OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN BUT THE SUPPORTING DESIGN WILL GIVE IT MORE OF A HONG KONG FLAVOUR THAN THE PRESENT DESIGN.

THE 1982 PROGRAMME OF STAMP ISSUES WILL BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER WHEN SPECIAL STAMPS WILL BE ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE +FAR EAST AND SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES FOR THE DISABLED+, WHICH WILL BE HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG.

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