WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1985
GOVERNOR URGES ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CALLED ON ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO REGISTER DURING THE LATE REGISTRATION PERIOD.
+ THE ONE MESSAGE WHICH THIS AFTERNOON I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO TRANSMIT IS TO ENCOURAGE ALL THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS TO REGISTER, HE SAID.
+THE LATE REGISTRATION STARTS IN TWO DAYS' TIME. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY AND I BELIEVE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT INDEED THAT ALL ELIGIBLE ELECTORS SHOULD REGISTER THEMSELVES FOR THAT ELECTION. +
SIR EDWARD WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAD DONE ENOUGH TO ENCOURAGE THESE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND REGISTER, SIR EDWARD SAID, +WE HAVE DONE ALL WE CAN TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME FORWARD.+
+ I KNOW THAT ORGANISATIONS HAVE ENCOURAGED THEM TO COME FORWARD, AND I HAVE JUST ENCOURAGED THEM AGAIN.
+SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN NOW COMPLAIN THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH,+
EARLIER, REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO WERE COVERING THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE CAMPUS GOT TOGETHER AND SANG SIR EDWARD A BIRTHDAY SONG. TODAY IS SIR EDWARD'S 61ST BIRTHDAY.
SIR EDWARD COMMENTED, + MUST SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A BIRTHDAY. I HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT LUNCH WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS, AND THEY PRODUCED ME A MARVELLOUS CAKE.
+1 EVENTUALLY GOT OUT OF WHICH THEY ALL SIGNED FOR ME, SOUVENIR.
THEM A PRESENT, WHICH WAS THE MENU AND I SHALL TREASURE THAT AS A
+AND ❘ HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN ONE OR TWO SMALL GIFTS AS A MEMENTO OF MY COMING HERE AND OF MY BIRTHDAY.
+AND MUST SAY THAT THE GREATEST SURPRISE OF ALL IS BY THIS HONG KONG PRESS CHOIR WHICH I AM SURE I SHALL FIND PERFORMING IN THE CITY HALL WITHIN A FEW WEEKS.+
/SIR EDWARD
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