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SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1983

PUBLICITY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE URBCO ELECTIONS

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A SERIES OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES TO HELP PUBLICISE THE FIRST CONSTITUENCY-BASED URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 8 HAVE BEEN ARRANGED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE.

TO ORCHESTRATE THE ELECTIONS, BANNERS AND SIGNBOARDS WILL BE DISPLAYED AND VANS WILL BE USED TO BROADCAST MESSAGES TO ELECTORS TO CAST THEIR VOTES ON POLLING DAY.

IN ADDITION, TWO +U.C. ELECTION PROMOTION NITES+ AND TWO DISCUSSION FORUMS WILL BE HELD LATE NEXT MONTH AND EARLY MARCH, ENABLING CANDIDATES STANDING IN KWUN TONG'S TWO CONSTITUENCIES TO PUT FORTH THEIR PLATFORM.

FURTHERMORE, 120 000 COPIES OF AN INFORMATIVE SPECIAL ELECTIONS SUPPLEMENT BY THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED TO ALL REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE AREA.

DETAILS OF THE PUBLICITY EFFORTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DAVID TSUI, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (MONDAY) MORNING.

MR TSUI WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THE CANDIDATES IN KWUN TONG TO THE PUBLIC AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE DURING WHICH EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER THEIR PLATFORM.

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NEW EDITION OF NAMES OF BUILDINGS' BOOK

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A NEW EDITION OF THE NAMES OF BUILDINGS' BOOK COMPILED BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

THE BOOK, PRICED $75 PER COPY, CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BUILDING NAMES WITH THE OFFICIAL ADDRESSES. WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE NAMES HAVE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED.

FOR EASE OF REFERENCE THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. PART ONE COMPRISES BUILDING NAMES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON AND PART TWO THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES INCLUDING THE OUTLYING ISLANDS. AN INDEX OF CHINESE NAMES PRECEDES EACH PART.

COMMENTING ON THE NEW EDITION, THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, MR R.A. FRY, TODAY SAID THE NUMBER OF BUILDING NAMES RECORDED HAS NOW REACHED NEARLY 8 000 AND THE BOOK SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROVE POPULAR NOT ONLY WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS BUT CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR+. HE ALSO SAID THAT WHILE THERE WAS NO LEGISLATION CONTROLLING THE USE OF BUILDING NAMES, THE BOOK SHOULD ASSIST AN OWNER OR DEVELOPER TO AVOID DUPLICATION WHEN CHOOSING A NAME FOR HIS BUILDING.

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