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SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1984

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+THE MORE PEOPLE WHO REGISTER AND CAST THEIR VOTE, THE MORE REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE THE VIEWS AND ADVICE GIVEN BY THOSE ELECTED. IF YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO VOTE YOU CAN NEVERTHELESS PERSUADE YOUR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO REGISTER AND VOTE.

+SECONDLY, WE MUST CONTINUE TO ADAPT, IMPROVE AND INTRODUCE NEW SKILLS AND NEW IDEAS TO MAINTAIN THE EXPANSION OF THE ECONOMY WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR OUR CONTINUING PROSPERITY.

+AND WE MUST ABOVE ALL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS WHICH WE FACE.

+1 AM SURE YOU, YOUNG PEOPLE, WILL CARRY THIS FLAME OF CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE INTO THE FUTURE SO THAT IN TURN, YOU TOO, LIKE YOUR PREDECESSORS, WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AT YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION.+

HOUSEHOLD VISITS TO PUBLICISE ELECTIONS

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WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL MAKE HOUSEHOLD VISITS FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO EXPLAIN THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, SAID TODAY THAT THE VISITS WOULD LAST UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. IT WAS HOPED THAT ALL THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT, NUMBERING ABOUT 2 500, WOULD BE COVERED.

HE EXPLAINED THAT LETTERS GIVING THE DATE AND TIME OF THE VISITS WOULD BE SENT TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS A FEW DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND POSTERS ABOUT THE VISITS WOULD BE PUT UP INSIDE BUILDINGS.

ABOUT 60 STAFF AND TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS WILL TAKE PART IN THIS PROGRAMME.

+THE HOUSEHOLD VISITS ARE THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO PUBLICISE THE COMING REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND THE ELECTIONS, HE SAID.

A COMMITTEE COMPRISING BOARD MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF AREA COMMITTEES, THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WERE FORMED RECENTLY TO CO-ORDINATE AND PLAN THE ACTIVITIES.

OTHER PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES WILL INCLUDE THE DISTRIBUTION OF

· PAMPHLETS, VIDEO PRESENTATIONS ON THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, A MOBILE REGISTRATION CENTRE, TALKS AND SEMINARS,

THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 15 AND THE ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 7.

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