XN000022-1982-09-11 — Page 2

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1982

LEAFLETS IN BRAILLE TO HELP BLIND VOTERS

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INFORMATION LEAFLETS IN BRAILLE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED TO HELP BLIND ELECTORS CAST THE IR VOTES IN THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 23.

THE LEAFLETS, LISTING THE ADDRESSES OF POLLING STATIONS TOGETHER WITH A GUIDANCE NOTE FOR BLIND VOTERS, ARE ON DISPLAY AT VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS FOR THE BLIND AND ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.

OUTLINING VOTING PROCEDURES FOR THE BLIND, A CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT REGISTERED BLIND VOTERS WOULD RECEIVE A POLLING CARD, INFORMING THEM OF THE DATE OF ELECTION AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE POLLING STATION AT WHICH THEY COULD VOTE BETWEEN 7 AM AND 11 PM.

VOTERS SHOULD BRING ALONG THE IR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD BESIDES THE POLLING CARD,

+AT THE POLLING STATIONS, THEY WILL BE ASSISTED BY ELECTION OFFICIALS WHILE PEOPLE ACCOMPANYING THE BLIND VOTERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT OUTSIDE, HE SAID.

+AFTER VERIFICATION OF THEIR IDENTITY, THE VOTERS WILL BE GIVEN A BALLOT PAPER AND ESCORTED INTO A POLLING BOOTH WHERE THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL MARK THE BALLOT PAPER ON THEIR BEHALF ACCORDING TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONS, FOLD IT AND PUT IT INTO THE BALLOT BOX, THUS COMPLETING THE VOTING PROCEDURES.

+THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL KEEP ALL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE VOTERS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TALK TO ANYBODY EXCEPT THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR HIS STAFF WHILE INSIDE POLLING STATIONS, AND THAT THEY COULD VOTE FOR ONLY ONE CANDIDATE.

CERTIFICATES FOR 58 CRAFT APPRENTICES

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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES MR WONG KWOK-LAI, TODAY PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 58 CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAVE COMPLETED COURSES RUN BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY MR WONG SPOKE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CAREER.

HE SAID: WE ALL LEARN MORE BY EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY AND YOU CAN ACHIEVE THIS TOO BY CAREFUL OBSERVATIONS OF THINGS WHICH HAPPEN AROUND YOU IN YOUR DAILY WORK.

/+EXPERIENCE IS