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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1988

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE UNDERWAY IN MONG KOK

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A SERIES OF PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES IS NOW UNDERWAY IN MONG KOK URGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ΤΟ REGISTER AS VOTERS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30.

FROM TODAY (SATURDAY), PEOPLE CAN VIEW AN EXHIBITION ON VOTER REGISTRATION WHICH GIVES DETAILS ABOUT NECESSARY VOTER QUALIFICATIONS AND ALSO GIVES DETAILS ON MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD ACTIVITIES FOR 1988-89.

THE EXHIBITION, OUTSIDE THE SAI YEE STREET EXIT OF THE KCR MONG KOK STATION, IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC VIEWING BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 8 PM UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2.

BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF NEXT MONTH, STAFF MEMBERS OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE WILL MAKE DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS ΤΟ REGISTER NEW ELECTORS.

OTHER PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PUTTING UP BUNTING ALONG NATHAN ROAD, A DISPLAY AT THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE, AND PUBLICISING THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARD NOTICE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPER.

THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED TO MAKE USE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEND IN THEIR REGISTRATION FORMS,

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE OVER 21 AND ARE HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS ARE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD OR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS NEED NOT REGISTER AGAIN, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS SHOULD INFORM THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION BY FILLING IN THE FORM.

MONG KOK ALREADY HAS HONG KONG'S SECOND BEST REGISTRATION RATE, BEING 56.3 PER CENT OF THE ESTIMATED ELECTORATE IN 1987.

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