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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1986

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+NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE DO NOT WANT TO OVERSELL. NOR DO WE WANT TO PRESENT HONG KONG AS A BED OF ROSES, AS A PLACE WHERE MIRACLES ARE PERFORMED. HONESTY AND BALANCE ARE THE KEY INGREDIENTS IN ANY EFFORT TO SECURE A TRUE UNDERSTANDING.

+WE NEED NOT, OF COURSE, BE TOO MODEST IN PUBLICISING HONG KONG'S ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT EQUALLY WE MUST NOT SEEK TO HIDE OUR PROBLEMS AND WORRIES,+ MR CHAN SAID,

ELECTION PUBLICITY IN FULL SWING

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PUBLICITY FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE FIRST REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE IN FULL SWING IN THE COMING WEEKS LEADING UP TO A CLIMAX ON MARCH 6.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID: +DURING THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, THE PUBLIC WILL BE CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE ELECTIONS THROUGH TELEVISION, RADIO AND NEWSPAPERS. THE MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE CONVEYED BY ELECTION POSTERS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY AND BY SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE 19 DISTRICTS.+

A TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY PACKAGE COSTING MORE THAN $1 000 000 HAS BEEN WORKED OUT BY THE PUBLICITY CO-ORDINATION WORKING GROUP FOR THE 1986 ELECTIONS WHICH COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION, MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.

THIRTY-SECOND FILMS PUBLICISING THE ELECTION DAY WILL BE SCREENED ON TELEVISION AND BROADCAST ON RADIO. THESE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A SERIES OF FIVE +COUNTDOWN+ ANNOUNCEMENTS NEARER THE ELECTION DAY.

MORE THAN 15 000 COLOURFUL ELECTION POSTERS HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND ARE BEING DISPLAYED AT MTR AND KCR STATIONS, BUS STOPS, FERRY PIERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES, DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICÉS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, NOTICE BOARDS OF MUTRAL AID COMMITTÉES, URBAN COUNCIL AND PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL FACILITIES.

IN ADDITION, FOUR BROADCASTING VEHICLES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL TOUR THE 19 DISTRICTS FROM FEBRUARY 20 UNTIL ELECTION DAY, BROADCASTING A MESSAGE RECORDED BY FILM STAR JACKIE CHAN, CALLING ON THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THE ELECTIONS.

THESE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS ON MARCH 5 AND 6.

/REGISTERED VOTERS