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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1934

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HOSPITAL STAFF REGISTER TO VOTE

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VOTER REGISTRATION IS A VERY SIMPLE ACTION BUT IT LEADS TO VERY BIG BENEFITS, THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

MR JONES MADE THE COMMENT WHEN HE LED A MOBILE REGISTRATION TEAM TO ST. TERESA'S HOSPITAL TO ASSIST SOME 500 STAFF MEMBERS THERE TO REGISTER.

+ IF THE DISTRICT BOARD IS TO CONTINUE TO DO ITS GOOD WORK FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, IT WILL NEED YOUR SUPPORT EXPRESSED THROUGH VOTING AT NEXT YEAR'S DB ELECTIONS, + MR JONES TOLD THE PROSPECTIVE VOTERS.

HE SAID DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS WERE ALSO CONDUCTING HOME VISITS EVERY NIGHT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER.

+ IN ADDITION, PUBLICITY LEAFLETS, PERSONAL APPEAL LETTERS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND REGISTRATION FORMS HAVE BEEN WIDELY DISTRIBUTED. RESIDENTS CAN ALSO COMPLETE THE IR FORMS AT MOBILE REGISTRATION COUNTERS SET UP IN VARIOUS CONVENIENT LOCATIONS,+ HE ADDED.

TEXTBOOKS ASSISTANCE FOR PUPILS ****

THE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS ASSISTANCE SCHEME, INTRODUCED TWO YEARS AGO, WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADMINISTERED IN THE 1984/85 SCHOOL YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

UNDER THE SCHEME, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PAY, BY DIRECT BANK TRANSFER, A CASH GRANT TO THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF ELIGIBLE PUPILS STUDYING IN PRIMARY AND JUNIOR SECONDARY CLASSES IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS, AND TO THOSE OCCUPYING BOUGHT PLACES IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ALTHOUGH THOSE RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE AND DISABILITY ALLOWANCE ARE NOT REGARDED AS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID A FULL GRANT WILL BE $135 PER PUPIL, PER ANNUM, FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND $325 PER PUPIL, PER ANNUM, FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS.

/THE FINAL