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SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1987

"A JOINT PROMOTIONAL FUNCTION WILL BE ORGANISED NEXT MONTH

AND

ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WILL ALSO TIE IN WITH THE THEME, MR LEUNG SAID.

即申

MR LEUNG DISCLOSED THAF THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT HAD A POTENTIAL ELECTORATE OF OVER 230,000 OUT OF A TOTAL POPULATION 410,000.

HE APPEALED TO ALL ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS AND TO ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES YEAR'S ELECTION.

OF

TO REGISTER AS VOTERS

ΤΟ THE DISTRICT BOARD IN NEXT

ANYONE AGED 21 OR OVER BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, BEING A HONG KONG RESIDENT OR HAVING RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS, WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION.

VOTER REGISTRATION

FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE, SEVEN SUB-OFFICES AND THE MTR MOBILE COUNTER.

REGISTRATION

STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS INVALID DURING SUMMER VACATION

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED STUDENT TRAVEL CARD HOLDERS THAT THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED ΤΟ TRAVEL ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT CONCESSIONARY FARES DURING THE SUMMER VACATION FROM JULY 16 TO AUGUST 31 INCLUSIVE.

SINCE OCTOBER 5 LAST YEAR, THE STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS HAVE BECOME INVALID ON SUNDAYS AND DURING THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS FROM DECEMBER 25 TO JANUARY 1 INCLUSIVE.

THE MOVE IS AIMED AT REDUCING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY FOR RECREATION TRAVEL BY STUDENTS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

HE ALSO REMINDED THE STUDENTS THAT THEIR 1986-87 STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS WOULD EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 30.

ΤΟ

ON ALL RAILWAY

IN THE 1986-87 ACADEMIC YEAR. 485,570 CARDS WERE ISSUED STUDENTS TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL AT CONCESSIONARY FARES MAJOR FORMS OF FRANCHISED PUBLIC TRANSPORT, THE MASS TRANSIT AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

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