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FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1989

VARIETY SHOW TO BOOST VOTER REGISTRATION

THE

FREE TOMORROW

ISLANDERS AT MUI WO ON LANTAU ISLAND WILL BE TREATED TO A

SHOW VARIETY

OFFICE DISTRICT ORGANISED BY

ISLANDS (SATURDAY) AT THE NGAN WAN ESTATE PLAZA.

THE 90-MINUTE SHOW, WHICH WILL START AT 8 PM, IS PART OF THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE VARIETY SHOW.

WILL NG,

ON THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, A SPOKESMAN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL VISIT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO HELP ISLANDERS TO REGISTER.

ORGANISED AS

OFFICIATE AT

FOR THE ISLANDS SELECTED AREAS

YEAR, WHO ARE FOR SEVEN

"ISLANDERS AGED 21 OR ABOVE BY THE END OF THIS PERMANENT HONG KONG RESIDENTS OR HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG YEARS, ARE ELIGIBLE, HE SAID.

BOARD

END ON SEPTEMBER 30 AND "THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE WILL THOSE REGISTERED WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN FUTURE DISTRICT AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS," HE ADDED.

ON BOARD

DURING THE DRIVE, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL ALSO GO FERRIES ON THE OUTLYING ISLAND ROUTES TO HELP COMMUTERS TO REGISTER.

"ALTHOUGH

THE

ISLANDS DISTRICT

REGISTRATION RATE AMONG ALL ESTIMATED ELECTORATE IN 1988 TO HELP THE REMAINING 14,000 SPOKESMAN SAID.

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ALREADY HAS THE HIGHEST OVER DISTRICT

60 PER CENT OF THE TRYING DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF ARE STILL ELIGIBLE ISLANDERS TO REGISTER, THE

VOTERS HE STRESSED THAT

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WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR RESIDENTIAL

FORM REGISTRATION

AGAIN то INFORM

ADDRESS SHOULD FILL IN THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION.

THE

REGISTRATION

FORMS ARE

AVAILALE

AT THE ISLANDS

DISTRICT

OFFICE, ITS SUB-OFFICES AT MUI WO AND ON CHEUNG CHAU, AND POST OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT.

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