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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1986

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RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS

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RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS IN SHAM SHUI PO HAVE BEEN URGED TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BY REGISTER ING AS VOTERS AND ORGANISING MORE CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL VARIETY SHOW AT PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE, REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT VOTER REGISTRATION WOULD CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 30.

HE SAID THAT BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS RESIDENTS WOULD BE EXERCISING THE IR CIVIC RIGHTS AND FULFILLING A CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY,

MR TSE ALSO REMINDED DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS WISHING TO APPLY FOR FUNDS TO ORGANISE CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES THAT THEY SHOULD SUBMIT THE IR APPLICATIONS TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

HE SAID THE COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION HAD ALLOCATED $250 000 TO ASSIST LOCAL BODIES IN ORGANISING ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.

SUCH ACTIVITIES WOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, HE SAID.

MR TSE SAID MOST ORGANISATIONS IN FACT SHARED THE SAME AIM, WHICH WAS TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT AND TO CULTIVATE GOOD CITIZENSHIP THROUGH SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

THE VARIETY SHOW WAS ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO COUNCIL FOR PROMOTION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.

WONG TAI SIN THROUGH THE LENS, PAINT BRUSH

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WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO EXPRESS THE IR IMPRESSIONS OF THE DISTRICT THROUGH THEIR CAMERAS AND PAINT BRUSHES.

THE DISTRICT'S NEW BUILDINGS AND TEMPLES AND THE CONTRAST OF THE NEW AND THE OLD WILL BE THE THEME OF A PHOTOGRAPHY AND A PAINTING COMPETITION.

THE PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITION IS OPEN TO THOSE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE DISTRICT.

/PARTICIPANTS MAY