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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1984

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+ALL A PERSON HAS TO DO IS TO FILL IN HIS NAME, IDENTITY CARD NUMBER AND HOME ADDRESS AND SIMPLY DROP THE COMPLETED FORM IN A POST BOX FOR FREE DELIVERY.+

ANYONE WHO IS 21 YEARS OR OLDER AND WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS OR MORE IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR.

THE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 7 NEXT YEAR THE FIRST TIME WHEN ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

PUBLIC SUPPORT ESSENTIAL TO DB SUCCESS

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PUBLIC SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

+THE EXPANSION OF ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD SEATS FROM NEXT YEAR AND PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT ARE TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO HELP BUILD UP A BETTER COMMUNITY, + HE SAID.

MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A VARIETY SHOW WHICH IS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT'S VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE MANY WAYS IN WHICH THE PUBLIC COULD SUPPORT THEIR DISTRICT BOARDS.

+SOME COULD STAND FOR DB ELECTIONS OR BECOME MEMBERS OF AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OR KAIFONG ORGANISATIONS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

+FOR THE MAJORITY WHO CANNOT AFFORD TIME TO TAKE UP THIS KIND OF RESPONSIBILITIES, THEY CAN REGISTER AS VOTERS AND VOTE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD SPEAK FOR THEM,+ HE SAID.

MR CHAN REPORTED THAT ABOUT 10 000 REGISTRATION FORMS HAD BEEN RETURNED TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE DURING THE PAST THREE WEEKS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

APART FROM TONIGHT'S VARIETY SHOW, STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD BEEN VISITING HOUSING ESTATES, FACTORIES, SHOPS, SCHOOLS AND THE BOATING SQUATTERS IN ABERDEEN TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.

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