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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1987

REGISTRATION MESSAGE SPREAD AT CHEUNG CHAU CARNIVAL

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MORE THAN 1,000 ISLANDERS AND VISITORS ΤΟ CHEUNG CHAU TODAY (SUNDAY) ENJOYED THEMSELVES AT A COLOURFUL CARNIVAL AT THE PAK ΤΑΙ PLAYGROUND.

THE MAIN ATTRACTION AT THE CARNIVAL, ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE TO TIE IN WITH THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN, WAS A STREET SHOW PERFORMED BY THE FRINGE CLUB.

A DRAMA, WITH THE SCRIPT SPECIALLY WRITTEN TO FOCUS ON CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CITIZEN, WAS STAGED то SPREAD THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE TO SPECTATORS.

ΤΟ CATER TO PROMPT RESPONDENTS, A VOTER REGISTRATION CENTRE MANNED BY LIAISON OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISERS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS SET UP AT THE VENUE TO HELP ELIGIBLE ELECTORS SIGN UP ON THE SPOT.

THE SPECTATORS WERE ALSO ENTERTAINED WITH CHINESE MAGIC, QIGONG DEMONSTRATION, MIME AND CLOWN JUGGLING.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE SAID: "THE CARNIVAL ALSO MARKED THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE SHIFT OF EMPHASIS TO CHEUNG CHAU AND LAMMA, AFTER LANTAU AND PENG CHAU.

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DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF

DEPLOYED TO BROADCAST

'FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WILL CONCENTRATE THEIR EFFORTS ON DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS ON CHEUNG CHAU AND LAMMA. THE PUBLICITY TROLLEY WILL ALSO BE THE MESSAGE IF NECESSARY, HE SAID.

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"OUR TARGET IS THE 8,000 ISLANDERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE BUT NOT YET REGISTERED AS VOTERS. THIS IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 30 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ELIGIBLE ELECTORS IN THE DISTRICT, HE ADDED.

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