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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1985

+BY MAKING USE OF THE HOUR-LONG JOURNEY, THE ON-BOARD' EXERCISE HAS PROVED EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HOURS WHEN THE ISLANDERS MANY OF WHOM ARE POTENTIAL VOTERS -

BY FERRY, MR YAP SAID.

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+ ALTHOUGH THE REGISTRATION RATE FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST AT ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF POTENTIAL VOTERS, WE WILL NOT BE COMPLACENT IN OVERLOOKING AREAS WITH LESS VOTER POTENTIAL, SUCH AS THE FISHING COMMUNITY WHICH IS RELATIVELY MOBILE, HE ADDED.

WITH THE REGISTRATION PERIOD ABOUT A WEEK TO GO, MR YAP APPEALED TO ISLANDERS TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS BY SIGNING UP AS VOTERS.

SINCE A VOTE IS A VOICE, COLLECTIVELY, THESE VOICES WOULD BECOME THE STRENGTH IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET THINGS DONE, HE SAID.

TOP BADMINTON PLAYERS HEADING FOR HONG KONG

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TOP BADMINTON PLAYERS FROM THE REGION ARE HEADING FOR HONG KONG TO TAKE PART IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC INVITATION BADMINTON TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 28) AND SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 29) AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM.

SOME 43 PLAYERS FROM CHINA, TAIBE!, AUSTRALIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND HONG KONG WILL COMPETE IN A TOTAL OF 35 MATCHES DURING THE TWO-DAY TOURNAMENT JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG BADMINTON ASSOCIATION.

THE COMPETITION WILL BE DIVIDED INTO MEN'S SINGLES, MEN'S DOUBLES, LADIES: SINGLES, LADIES' DOUBLES AND MIXÉD DOUBLES.

THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES FOUR SESSIONS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL START AT 2 P.M. ON SATURDAY WITH CHINA VS HONG KONG (B) AND AUSTRALIA VS HONG KONG (A).

THE SECOND SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M, ON THE SAME DAY WITH CHINA VS THE PHILIPPINES AND TAIBEI VS HONG KONG (A).

THE THIRD SESSION, STARTING AT 9 A.M. ON SUNDAY, WILL SEE THE PHILIPPINES PLAYING AGAINST HONG KONG (B) AND TAI BEI AGAINST AUSTRALIA.

THE FINALS WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M. ON SUNDAY.

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