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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1986

ELECTORS URGED TO VOTE IN BY-ELECTION

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MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG, HAS URGED REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE TAI KOK TSUI CONSTITUENCY TO CAST THE IR VOTES TO RETURN THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE TO THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD.

MAKING THE APPEAL DURING A VISIT TO ONE OF THE TWO POLLING STATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTIONS, MRS FUNG SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND IN IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

+ELECTORS WHO CAST THE IR VOTES TODAY ARE NOT ONLY

EXERCISING THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS IN SHOWING CONCERN FOR THE DISTRICT, THEY ARE ALSO HELPING TO MAKE THE DISTRICT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN,+ SHE SAID.

MRS FUNG SAID SHE EXPECTED THE BY-ELECTIONS TO PICK UP MOMENTUM LATER IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE GOING TO THE POLLING STATIONS TO CAST THE IR VOTES.

UP TO 1.30 PM, 292 ELECTORS HAD CAST THEIR VOTES

REPRESENTING 1.6 PĒR CENT OF THE 18 113 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE TAI KOK TSUI CONSTITUENCY.

RAINSTORM REMINDER FOR SCHOOLS AND PARENTS

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WITH THE APPROACH OF THE RAINY SEASON THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS REMINDED SCHOOLS AND PARENTS OF THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS AND PRECAUTIONS CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF SCHOOLS IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID IN THE EVENT OF HEAVY PERSISTENT RAIN. AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE CLOSING OF SCHOOLS WOULD BE MADE ON TELEVISION AND RADIO WHEN THE SITUATION WARRANTED CLOSURE.

+WHERE POSSIBLE, THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE IN THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE CHILDREN SET OUT FROM THE IR HOMES. THE FIRST RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE MORNING OR AM AND WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE LATER THAN 6.15 AM AND FOR PM SCHOOLS NOT LATER THAN 11 AM. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE REPEATED AT REGULAR AND FREQUENT INTERVALS, HE SAID.

WHERE RAINSTORMS ...