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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1987

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HE SAID THAT SO FAR MORE THAN 6,000 RESIDENTS HAD SIGNED BOOSTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT FROM 66,000 TO OVER 72,000.

MR LAM ALSO COMMENDED THE 10 WINNERS FOR THEIR GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF CIVIC MATTERS AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS BEFORE PRESENTING PRIZES ΤΟ THEM.

THE EXHIBITION WAS HELD AT SHUN TAK CENTRE IN AUGUST AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME FOR VOTER REGISTRATION.

SAI KUNG RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS

SAI KUNG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS BETTY CHING, TODAY (MONDAY) URGED ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO MAKE USE OF THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE TO SIGN UP AS ELECTORS.

MISS CHING, DURING A VISIT TO THE TUNG SIN TAN HOME FOR THE AGED SAID THE CAMPAIGN WAS GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ELIGIBLE PEOPLE ΤΟ EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND REGISTER FOR DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR.

"THE ELDERLY, WHO ARE THE SENIOR RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, HAVE SHOWN GOOD EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT BY REGISTERING AS ELECTORS AND VOTING IN PREVIOUS DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

"THEREFORE, SAI KUNG RESIDENTS AGED 21 OR ABOVE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WHO ARE HONG KONG RESIDENTS OR HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS, SHOULD SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AND REGISTER AS ELECTORS, SHE SAID.

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THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT WAS LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 4 AND WILL END ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 30). A SERIES OF DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS WERE CARRIED OUT COVERING SAI KUNG TOWN, HANG HAU AND RENNIE'S MILL WHICH ENCOMPASSED THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA, VILLAGES, FACTORIES AND CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY.

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