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FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1982

THE REGISTRATION WILL END ON APRIL 30.

TOUCHING ON EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID PERSONAL CONTACT THROUGH HOUSE VISITS HAD PROVED TO BE GOOD PUBLICITY.

MR AKERS-JONES ADDED THAT MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAD BEEN OF ENORMOUS HELP IN THE URBAN AREA AND HOUSING ESTATES.

+THEY ARE THROWING THEMSELVES WHOLE-HEARTEDLY INTO THE CAMPAIGN, HE SAID.

REFERRING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF VOTERS GIVING WRONG ADDRESSES DURING THE REGISTRATION, MR BARNES SAID A PROVISIONAL LIST OF ELECTORS WOULD BE POSTED IN ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES FOR INSPECTION.

PEOPLE FOUND PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION WOULD BE PUNISHED. THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THIS OFFENCE IS A FINE OF $5 000 PLUS SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

DTIC OFF TO EUROPE FOR TALKS

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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR BILL DORWARD, LEAVES TONIGHT (FRIDAY) FOR A TWO-WEEK VISIT TO BRUSSELS, GENEVA AND LONDON.

IN BRUSSELS MR DORWARD WILL MEET VISCOUNT DAVIGNON AND MR WILHELM HAFERKAMP, VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE EEC COMMISSION AND SIR ROY DENMAN, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EEC COMMISSION'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS.

THE VISIT TO GENEVA WILL INCLUDE MEETINGS WITH MR ARTHUR DUNKEL THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE GATT, AND GENEVA-BASED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MAJOR TEXTILE EXPORTING COUNTRIES.

THE LONDON VISIT WILL INCLUDE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MINISTER OF TRADE, MR PETER REES, AND OFFICIALS OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS WITH PARLIAMENTARY AND OTHER GROUPS HAVING AN INTEREST IN HONG KONG COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.

THE VISIT WILL CONCLUDE IN LONDON WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR AND THE HEADS OF THE TICD'S OVERSEAS OFFICES, DURING WHICH THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE GOVERNOR-DESIGNATE, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.

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