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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1982

DISTRICT PAPER TO PROMOTE CANDIDATES

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A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT NEWSPAPER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED TO PUBLICISE THE PLATFORMS OF THE DISTRICT'S 34 CANDIDATES WHO WILL BE CONTESTING FOR 10 SEATS IN NEXT WEEK'S URBAN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE EDITION ALSO REVIEWS THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE HAS MAILED THE PAPER TO EACH OF THE 100 000-PLUS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT TOGETHER WITH A GUIDE ON THE VOTING PROCEDURE, A LOCATION PLAN OF THE

21 DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS AND A PERSONAL LETTER FROM THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR CHARLES GATELY.

THE COMMISSIONER STATED IN HIS MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WOULD DEPEND UPON THE IR VOTE.

+EVERY VOTE COUNTS AND 101 527 VOTES FROM EASTERN DISTRICT WILL AMOUNT TO A MASSIVE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN ITS LOCAL ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, HE SAID.

+AS A REGISTERED VOTER, YOU HAVE ALREADY DECLARED YOUR INTEREST AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN IN THE FUTURE CONTINUITY OF EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS ROLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DISTRICT.

+ IT IS NOW TIME FOR YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT AND VOTE.*

ON ELECTION DAY (SEPTEMBER 23), ALL POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM.

HK TO BE REPRESENTED IN AIR TALKS

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MR NORMAN LATHAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION LEFT TODAY (SATURDAY) TO REPRESENT HONG KONG IN AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS TO BE HELD IN LONDON BETWEEN THE AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SINGAPORE.

THIS WILL BE THE SECOND ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS. TO REVISE THE AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNING REGIONAL FLIGHTS OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND SINGAPORE AIRLINES TOUCHING HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE.

AFTER THE TALKS, MR LATHAM WILL GO ON A SHORT LEAVE UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER.

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