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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1986

ELECTION COUNTDOWN PUBLICITY STARTS

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THE COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED FOR PUBLICITY IN SUPPORT OF THE MARCH 6 REGIONAL COUNCIL AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS WITH THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF OUTDOOR PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES TODAY.

TWO HOT-AIR BALLOONS, CO-SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG BALLOON AND AIRSHIP CLUB AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED AND BEARING BANNERS WITH VOTING MESSAGES ON THEM, MADE A TOKEN FLIGHT OVER THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SYMBOLICALLY MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNTDOWN.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY MR C.M. LEUNG, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (GENERAL), CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP CO-ORDINATING THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME.

+ IN ADDITION TO A TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME WHICH INCLUDES TELEVISION AND RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS, POSTERS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY AND AT MTR AND KCR STATIONS, AND THE BROADCASTING OF APPEAL MESSAGES IN THE 19 ELECTORAL DISTRICTS, A CHAIN-SERIES OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES CO-SPONSORED BY LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS WILL BE LAUNCHED IN A PUBLICITY BLITZ, + MR LEUNG SAID.

+PROMINENT TELEVISION STARS AND POPULAR RADIO DISC-JOCKEYS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THESE OUTDOOR PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN APPEALING TO REGISTERED VOTERS TO CAST THEIR BALLOT ON MARCH 6.

+FOLLOWING THE HOT-AIR BALLOON FLIGHT, THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME WILL FEATURE, DURING THE PERIOD LEADING TO THE ELECTION, TWO BUS-TOURS BY ASIA TELEVISION ARTISTES AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG DISC-JOCKEYS AROUND HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES DELIVERING APPEAL MESSAGES, ON MARCH 4 AND 5,+ HE ADDED.

RTHK DISC-JOCKEYS WILL ALSO VISIT TAI PO AND SHA TIN DISTRICTS ON A FREE TRAIN-RIDE SPONSORED BY THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY TO PUBLICISE THE ELECTIONS.

ON MARCH 5, DURING THE MID-DAY PERIOD, A CLASSIC TRAM WILL TAKE COMMERCIAL RADIO ARTISTES ON A FULL-ROUTE TRAM JOURNEY ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO DELIVER VOTING APPEAL MESSAGES CALLING ON REGISTERED VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE ELECTIONS ON MARCH 6.

+EACH ACTIVITY IS AN EVENT IN ITSELF AND WILL HELP ENHANCE PUBLICITY FOR THE ELECTIONS, MR LEUNG ADDED.

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