XN000022-1984-07-15 — Page 5

SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1984

ROBOT TO HELP DRAW VOTERS

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A ROBOT WILL SOON BE PUT UP OUTSIDE THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT LANCH OFFICES BUILDING TO DRAW RESIDENTS' ATTENTION TO THE COMING DISTRICT BOARD'S VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE.

+WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA BECAUSE A ROBOT SYMBOLISES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNISATION, WHICH ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF KWUN TONG, THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CLAYMON LAI, SAID TODAY.

HE ADDED THAT A 20-MINUTE VIDEO TAPE ON THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL ALSO BE SHOWN ON A TELEVISION SET INSTALLED INSIDE THE ROBOT.+

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, MR LAI SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD ALLOCATED $150 000 TO PROMOTE THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTION DRIVE.

TWENTY-FOUR TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS WILL BE RECRUITED

TO HELP WITH DOOR-TO-DOOR REGISTRATION VISITS, HE SAID.

+WE WILL ALSO DISTRIBUTE REGISTRATION FORMS THROUGH THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATION AS WELL AS OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.+

POSTERS AND BANNERS WILL ALSO BE PUT UP IN PROMINENT SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT.

+WE ARE ALSO PREPARING A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "KWUN TONG IN FOCUS' FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR OWN DISTRICT AND DISTRICT BOARD, HE ADDED.

+THE SLOGAN WE WILL BE USING THIS YEAR IS REGISTER TO IMPROVE KWUN TONG' TO REMIND ALL THE ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS THAT BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS, THEY WILL GET THE RIGHT TO ELECT THE CANDIDATES WHO CAN BEST REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS AND HELP IMPROVE THE IR LIVELIHOOD.+

MR LAI NOTED THAT ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME - THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS TRAINING SCHEME + WOULD BE LAUNCHED LATER THIS MONTH TO CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY AND CIVIC SENSE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

+AS ADULT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD ALSO OBSERVE OUR CIVIC DUTY AND REGISTER AS VOTERS, HE SAID.

THE SIX-WEEK VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 15.

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