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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1986

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COUNTING CENTRES

ARRANGEMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE FOR PRESS MEMBERS TO VISIT THREE COUNTING STATIONS AT ABOUT 11 PM ON THURSDAY (MARCH 6),

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REMINDED THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO OBTAIN SPECIAL FORMS THROUGH INFORMATION OFFICERS OF CNTA BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE COUNTING CENTRES.

PRESS MEMBERS WISHING TO VISIT COUNTING CENTRES IN THE URBAN DISTRICT SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT 10.30 PM EITHER OUTSIDE THE EASTERN DISTRICT CENTRE AT THE HONG KONG CHINESE WOMEN'S CLUB COLLEGE AT 2-B TAI CHEONG STREET, QUARRY BAY, OR THE KOWLOON CITY CENTRE AT THE KO SHA THEATRE, KO SHAN ROAD, HUNG HOM.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO VISIT THE SHA TIN COUNTING CENTRE SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 10 PM WHERE A PRESS VEHICLE WILL TAKE THEM TO THE KIANGSU CHEKI ANG COLLEGE IN WO CHE ESTATE.

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MEDIA HELP IN ELECTIONS NOTED

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THE MEDIA WERE HELPING GREATLY IN PUBLICISING THE MARCH 6 REGIONAL COUNCIL AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, AND IT WAS THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT WOULD SPUR THE HONG KONG ELECTORATE TO VOTE.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO, AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY IN EDINBURGH PLACE.

THE CEREMONY WAS TO SEND OFF ASIA TELEVISION ARTISTES ON A BUS TOUR AROUND CENTRAL AND CAUSEWAY BAY, APPEALING TO REGISTERED VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE ELECTIONS.

AT THE CEREMONY, ATV'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR DEACON CHIU RECEIVED FROM MR TSAO A SOUVENIR IN RECOGNITION OF ATV'S SUPPORT IN PUBLICISING THE ELECTIONS.

WITH MISS ASIA PACIFIC - HK', EVA LAI AND MISS PEACE' JACLYN CHU, AND 12 FINALISTS OF ATV NEW IDOL CHALLENGE 1986 SINGING CONTEST ON BOARD, THE COLOURFULLY DECORATED OPEN-TOP BUS, DISPLAYING ELECTION BANNERS, MADE STOPS IN THE HEART OF CENTRAL AND CAUSEWAY BAY WHERE MISS ASIA PACIFIC DELIVERED AN ELECTION APPEAL MESSAGE TO PASSERS-BY.

AS THE BUS DROVE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CENTRAL AND CAUSEWAY BAY, THE SINGING CONTEST FINALISTS SANG THE SONG +A VOTE IS A VOICE+.

THE ATV BUS TOUR WAS PART OF THE +COUNTDOWN+ PUBLICITY PROGRAMME FOR THE ELECTIONS ON MARCH 6.

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