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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1934

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'BO BO' TO HELP GET VOTERS

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COLOUR ING COMPETITIONS TO FIND YOUNG TALENT AND TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS WILL BE HELD IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE COMPETITIONS, ORGANISED BY THE TSIM SHA TSUI AREA COMMITTEE AND THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICE, ARE FOR CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF EIGHT AND THOSE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12.

PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO COLOUR CARTOON CHARACTER BO BO, WHO IS HELPING THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION.

DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO HELP PASSERS-BY

REGISTER.

MORE PLANNED FOR KOWLOON CITY FOLK

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THOUGH THE TWO-WEEK RECREATION AND SPORTS FESTIVAL IN KOWLOON CITY HAD ENDED, MORE LARGE-SCALE DISTRICT ACTIVITIES WOULD BE LAUNCHED LATER IN THE YEAR, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

PLANS WERE IN HAND TO ORGANISE THREE WELFARE SCHEMES FOR THE ELDERLY BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER, AND AN ARTS FESTIVAL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

+ALL THESE ACTIVITIES ARE AIMED AT CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING AND ENHANCING DISTRICT IDENTITY AMONG RESIDENTS,+ SAID MR GARCIA AT THE FESTIVAL'S CLOSING CEREMONY.

HE SAID A LOW-COST MEDICAL SCHEME FOR THE ELDERLY WOULD BE LAUNCHED IN DECEMBER, TO ENCOURAGE SENIOR CITIZENS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE IR HEALTH.

A HOME HELP SCHEME WOULD BE HELD BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER DURING WHICH 50 VOLUNTEERS WOULD HELP THE ELDERLY BY COOKING, CLEANING, SHOPPING AND DOING MINOR REPAIR WORK IN THEIR FLATS.

+TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AND TWO GATHERINGS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AND OLD PEOPLE WILL BE ORGANISED,+ SAID MR GARCIA.

IN NOVEMBER, DISCOUNT BENEFITS WOULD BE OFFERED TO OLD PEOPLE SHOPPING AT RETAIL SHOPS AND SUPERMARKETS, DINING AT RESTAURANTS AND GOING TO CINEMAS.

/+ASIDE FROL.