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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1985

COLOURFUL PUBLICITY BUS TO ATTRACT VOTERS ******

A COLOURFULLY DECORATED PUBLICITY BUS WILL APPEAR AT BUSY SPOTS OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT TOMORROW (SUNDAY) TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.

THE BUS WILL VISIT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES, COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES, FERRY PIER CONCOURSES, AN MTR STATION, RESTAURANTS AND CINEMAS WHERE CROWDS OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG AND ELIGIBLE VOTERS, NORMALLY CONVERGED DURING THE IR HOLIDAYS.

ON-THE-SPOT MOBILE COUNTERS WILL BE SET UP FOR KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF TO HELP PASSERS-BY TO FILL IN THE REGISTRATION FORMS.

IN ADDITION TO TOMORROW'S TOUR, KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL CARRY OUT A SERIES OF DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT NEXT MONTH.

ATTRACTIVE POSTERS, POSTCARDS AND LEAFLETS WITH CARTOON FIGURES WILL BE SENT TO RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO INFORM THEM OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE.

THE CARTOON FIGURES, DEPICTING A DRAGON FAMILY URGING PEOPLE TO BECOME VOTERS, ARE EXHIBITED AT THE DISPLAY WINDOWS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS TWO SUB-OFFICES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO BOARD THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT VOTER REGISTRATION BUS WHICH WILL START ITS TOUR AT 10.30 AM FROM THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AT 141-143, KAU PUI LUNG ROAD, TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON, TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

MEAT INSPECTIONS TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH

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MORE THAN 211 300 PIGS, 11 190 CATTLE AND 270 GOATS WERE SLAUGHTERED IN THE URBAN COUNCIL'S TWO ABATTOIRS IN CHEUNG SHA WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN LAST MONTH.

STRINGENT INSPECTIONS BEFORE THE CARCASSES WERE PASSED FOR SALE RESULTED IN 580 PIGS AND 28 CATTLE BEING CONDEMNED AS UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND DESTROYED.

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