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SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1987

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STUDENTS SHOW SUPPORT FOR DB VOTER REGISTRATION

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MORE THAN 30 STUDENT LEADERS FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING ATTENDED A RECEPTION TO PROMOTE THE FORTHCOMING VOTER REGISTRATION FOR DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE RECEPTION WAS JOINTLY HOSTED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (GENERAL) FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR PETER TAM, URGED THE STUDENTS TO SUPPORT THE FORTHCOMING VOTER REGISTRATION,

HE SAID THIS YEAR'S VOTER REGISTRATION WOULD AIM AT ENCOURAGING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.

THE NEXT VOTER REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD BETWEEN AUGUST 15 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1987.

STUDENT LEADERS HAD EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT IN PROMOTING THE REGISTRATION BY MAKING STUDENT UNION OFFICES AVAILABLE AS APPLICATION FORMS DISTRIBUTION POINTS AND BY APPEALING TO FELLOW STUDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.

DURING THE DISCUSSION, THEY ALSO EXCHANGED VIEWS ON WAYS TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

STUDENT LEADERS ATTENDING TODAY'S RECEPTION CAME FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE TWO POLYTECHNICS, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, BAPTIST COLLEGE, LINGNAN COLLEGE AND SHUE YAN COLLEGE.

FREE DENTAL TREATMENT FOR TAI O RESIDENTS ****

A ONE-WEEK DENTAL TREATMENT SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY IN TAI 0, LANTAU ISLAND, AS PART OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ORAL HEALTH PROJECT.

APART FROM THE TREATMENT EXERCISE, A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH.

ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE PROGRAMME WAS A CARNIVAL HELD IN TAI O TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE ORAL HEALTH PROJECT.

OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDED SCHOOL TALKS ON DENTAL HEALTH, COMPETITIONS AND GAMES, AND EXHIBITIONS.

THE PROJECT WAS SPONSORED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTH-WEST, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD AND THE FAY CHAI KIN YEE TAK CLUB AND ORGANISED BY COMMUNITY GROUPS AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

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