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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1987

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NORTH DISTRICT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE

A SIX-WEEK PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS WILL BE LAUNCHED IN NORTH DISTRICT ON SATURDAY (AUGUST 15), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

INCLUDES

THE COMPAIGN, WHICH LASTS UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER, A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AIMED AT REACHING EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT IN BOTH THE RURAL AND NEW TOWN AREAS OF THE DISTRICT.

LIAISON OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISERS WILL BE MAKING DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO HOUSING ESTATES, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN SHEK WỰ HUI AND LUEN WO HUI AS WELL AS TO MAJOR VILLAGES IN THE DISTRICT.

TEMPORARY REGISTRATION COUNTERS WILL ALSO BE SET UP AT AND SHEUNG SHUI RAILWAY STATIONS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS SIGNING ELECTORS.

FANLING

UP

AS

CENTRAL

IN ADDITION, BANNERS, BUNTINGS AND POSTERS BEARING THE SLOGAN 'EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT, REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR' WILL BE PUT UP AT PROMINENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHILE A BROADCASTING VAN WILL TOUR THE MORE REMOTE PARTS OF THE DISTRICT RO DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE.

NORTH DISTRICT HAS A POPULATION OF 145,000 WITH OVER 81,000 ELIGIBLE ELECTORS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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

REGISTERED ELECTORS WHO HAVE CHANGED

THEIR ADDRESSES SHOULD

ALSO NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION, HE ADDED.

VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM SATURDAY AT THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE. ITS SUB-OFFICES, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES AS WELL AS THE REGISTRATION COUNTERS AT THE FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI RAILWAY STATIONS.

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