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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1989

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HE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE ACCURACY OF THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL (GER).

то

IMPROVE

"THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY STEPPING UP PUBLICITY то REMIND THE VOTERS OF THE NEED TO REPORT CHANGES OF ADDRESS AND BY UPDATING GER BY MATCHING IT WITH HOUSING DEPARTMENT RECORDS

IDENTIFY ΤΟ

ELECTORS AFFECTED BY INTER-ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.

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MOVEMENTS, CLEARANCES

OR

IDENTITY

TO ENSURE ADDITIONALLY, A SYSTEM OF CHECKING COULD BE DEVISED THE ACCURACY OF THE

CARD NUMBERS SUPPLIED BY REGISTERED

ELECTORS.

TO ENCOURAGE VOTERS TO TURN OUT AT THE POLLS, THE LOCATION LAYOUT OF EACH POLLING STATION WOULD BE STUDIED IN DETAIL TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.

AND

WHAT

WILL "SPECIAL ATTENTION

BE GIVEN TO THE ACCESSIBILITY POLLING STATIONS, TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS NEAR POLLING STATIONS

PREVENT THE WAYS TO

DISPLAY OF ELECTION POSTERS WITHIN POLLING

STATIONS, MR LAN SAID,

OF AND

ZONES BUFFER

CONTROLLING IN SOME CASES, RE-DRAWN NEED TO BE

FOR MORE

IN

PROVED VERY EFFECTIVE ELECTIONEERING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE POLLING STATIONS. THE BOUNDARY OF BUFFER ZONES EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, MR LAN NOTED.

FURTHERMORE, IT

WOULD

FOR POLLING BRIEFINGS THE BASIC PROCEDURAL

WAS RECOMMENDED THAT TRAINING

INCLUDE DETAILED STAFF SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED. THIS WOULD FOR POLLING STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE CONVERSANT WITH RULES GOVERNING THE RUNNING OF AN ELECTION AND THE RELATED MATTERS.

THEIR CLOSE

LOCAL ROLE IN

WITH RELATIONSHIP WERE OFTEN PLAYING AN ACTIVE

MR LAN SAID BECAUSE OF RESIDENTS, AREA COMMITTEES DISTRICT-BASED ELECTIONS.

VIEWS "I THEREFORE WELCOME YOUR

CONDUCTED, MR LAN ELECTIONS SHOULD BE SEMINAR.

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THE REGIONAL

ON HOW THE DISTRICT BOARD TOLD PARTICIPANTS OF THE

NOTED SECRETARY

THAT

WERE AREA COMMITTEES

COMMUNITY SPIRIT CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION

GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN PROMOTING A AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN INVALUABLE TWO-WAY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL RESIDENTS.

DISTRICT BOARDS

MAINTAINED THEIR LINKS

AREA COMMITTEES AND MAINLY THROUGH CROSS-MEMBERSHIP.

HELPED REFER

AREA

'ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED TO SERVE

THEIR RESPECTIVE

AND AREA COMMITTEES OF

CONSTITUENCIES

TO PROBLEMS

THE DISTRICT BOARDS

THEY

AND

ON THE HAVE THEIR

COMMITTEES WHERE NECESSARY," MR LAN SAID.

THE REVIEW ...