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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1985

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UP IN THE AIR OVER VOTER REGISTRATION

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A LARGE HELIUM BALLOON WILL AGAIN BE FLOATED IN KWAI CHUNG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO PUBLICISE THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT.

MEASURING ABOUT SIX BY TWO METRES, THE BALLOON WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE WILL BE FLOATED IN HANG PING STREET AS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICE TO ATTRACT POTENTIAL VOTERS.

ON THE SAME DAY, A SPECIAL EVENT FEATURING A MALIBU+ CAR RACE AND A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HELD AT 7 PM IN THE SHEK LEI ESTATE RECREATION GROUND NO. 9.

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, AND KWAL CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR LAM KIN-MING, WILL ATTEND THE CAR RACE.

RESIDENTS URGED TO SIGN UP AS VOTERS

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EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG, TONIGHT (FRIDAY) CALLED ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT YET SIGNED UP AS VOTERS IN THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE TO DO SO IMMEDIATELY.

+THERE ARE ONLY TEN MORE DAYS BEFORE THE EXERCISE ENDS, AND THOSE WHO FAIL TO REGISTER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION NEXT MARCH, HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT A SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY AT TAIKOO SHING CITY PLAZA TONIGHT TO LIGHT UP A GIANT MID-AUTUMN LANTERN, MR LEUNG SAID THAT MORE PEOPLE SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.

ANYONE WHO HAS REACHED OR WILL BE 21 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR AND WHO HAS BEEN LIVING IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS CAN REGISTER AS A VOTER.

MR LEUNG ALSO REMINDED REGISTERED VOTERS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR ADDRESS OR PERSONAL PARTICULARS TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION OFFICE, OR OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS BRANCH OFFICES IN CAUSEWAY BAY, SHAU KEI WAN AND CHAI WAN.

AT TONIGHT'S