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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1987

KWUN TONG PUBLICITY DRIVE ON VOTER REGISTRATION

A MAJOR EXERCISE TO ENCOURAGE ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS WILL BE LAUNCHED IN KWUN TONG ON SATURDAY (AUGUST 15).

PROGRAMMES ADOPTING THE THEME OF AS ELECTOR" WILL BE MOUNTED FROM

A SERIES OF PUBLICITY EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS, REGISTER AUGUST 15 TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE TODAY (TUESDAY) SAID THAT TO GIVE MOMENTUM TO THE EXERCISE, POSTERS AND BANNERS BEARING THE THEME HAD BEEN MOUNTED AT VARIOUS PROMINENT REMIND RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS.

LOCATIONS то

THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE WILL BE IN FULL SWING INAUGURAL CEREMONY ON SATURDAY.

FOLLOWING THE

STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COMMUNITY ORGANISERS, WILL CONDUCT DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, PRIVATE BUILDINGS AND FACTORIES TO HELP ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS FILL IN REGISTRATION FORMS.

ALREADY

"APART FROM THE PERSONAL APPROACH, APPEAL LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO LOCAL INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH HAVE A WORKFORCE OF 200 OR MORE TO ENLIST THEIR SUPPORT, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID KWUN TONG DISTRICT HAD A POPULATION OF 680,000 WITH A POTENTIAL ELECTORATE OF 450,000.

"THIS YEAR'S EXERCISE WILL AIM AT 'NEWCOMERS' TO THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED BY THE PREVIOUS REGISTRATION DRIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, RESIDENTS LIVING IN NEWLY COMPLETED PRIVATE BUILDINGS," HE SAID.

DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, OTHER ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED ON AN AREA BASIS TO TIE IN WITH THE CENTRAL THEME, AMONG THEM IS A CARNIVAL ENTITLED 'BE A VOTER, BE A GOOD CITIZEN' JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, SHUN LEE AREA COMMITTEE AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WHICH WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 23.

MEANWHILE, VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.

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