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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1988

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SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED RESIDENTS IN SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT ΤΟ REGISTER VOTERS.

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID A VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE IN TAK DISTRICT WOULD START ON MONDAY (AUGUST 15), AND CONTINUE UNTIL END OF NEXT MONTH.

"SIGNING UP AS AN ELECTOR IS THE CIVIC ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.

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"ANYONE WHO HAS REACHED OR WILL BE 21 YEARS OF AGE BEFORE DECEMBER 31 AND WHO IS A PERMANENT RESIDENT OR HAS BEEN LIVING IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS CAN REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR.

"THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED CAN VOTE IN THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN MARCH NEXT AS IN FUTURE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS," HE SAID.

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DURING THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE, REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE AT THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AT 37-39 TONKIN AND AT ITS THREE SUB-OFFICES.

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THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN BANKS AND SUPERMARKETS IN THR

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DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL HELP RESIDENTS REGISTER DURING THEIR VISITS TO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT.

THOSE RESIDENTS WHO COLLECT THE REGISTRATION FORMS AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE GIVEN SOUVENIR BALL-PENS.

HOWEVER, AS ONLY A LIMITED QUANTITY IS AVAILABLE, THEY WILL BE GIVEN OUT ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT REGISTRATION INVOLVED SIMPLY FILLING IN THE FORMS AND PUTTING THEM IN THE POST BOXES, AND THAT NO POSTAL STAMP WAS REQUIRED.

IN FILLING IN THE FORMS, RESIDENTS SHOULD PROVIDE THEIR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES INSTEAD OF THE ADDRESSES OF THEIR WORKPLACES, HE ADDED.

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REGISTERED VOTERS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR RESIDENTIAL SHOULD NOTIFY THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION AS SOON POSSIBLE.

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