SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935
VOTING FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE
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THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES TODAY (SATURDAY) APPEALED TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT TO SHOW CONCERN FOR THE DISTRICT AND HONG KONG'S FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM BY VOTING ON MARCH 7.
SPEAKING AT AN ELECTION FAIR ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, MR JONES SAID THAT HONG KONG'S DEVELOPING SYSTEM OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAD PROGRESSED GREATLY OVER THE PAST YEAR.
+HOWEVER, NO SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WOULD EXIST WITHOUT ACTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND PEOPLE CAN ONLY PARTICIPATE IF THEY VOTE, HE SAID.
HE URGED RESIDENTS TO LISTEN TO THE POLITICAL PLATFORMS OF CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR ELECTIONS SO THEY COULD DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHO WOULD BEST REPRESENT THE IR INTEREST.
AT TODAY'S ELECTION FAIR, THE 30 CANDIDATES STANDING FOR THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION SET UP INDIVIDUAL BOOTHS TO PUBLICISE THEMSELVES AND PRESENT THEIR ELECTION PLATFORM.
VISITORS TO THE FAIR WERE TREATED TO PERFORMANCES BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND, MIME SHOWS AND A MUSICAL BY THE ARTS FESTIVAL FRINGE AND FOLK SINGING.
A GIANT BALLOON WITH A MESSAGE REMINDING PEOPLE TO VOTE ON MARCH 7, WAS THE MAIN ATTRACTION AT THE FAIR.
AN EXHIBITION, VIDEO-TAPE AND SLIDE SHOWS AT THE FAIR ALSO PROVIDED VISITORS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
BOARDS' GREATER FUTURE ROLE STRESSED
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FUTURE DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD HAVE A GREATER ROLE TO PLAY IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, DR J.W. HAYES, SAID TONIGHT (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FESTIVAL, DR HAYES SAID:
+ THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 7 WILL OPEN A NEW CHAPTER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. +
+I THEREFORE
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