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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1990

"ANY PERSON OVER THE AGE OF 21 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHO HAS ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS OR IS A HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENT, IS ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION, SAID.

BE ENTITLED

M

MR CHEN

ONCE REGISTERED, A PERSON WILL

ΤΟ VOTE IN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS MAY AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

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ON THE CAMPAIGN, HE SAID A NEW LOGO HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR USE THROUGHOUT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL CYCLES FROM NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

A CAMPAIGN THEME SONG HAS ALSO BEEN FAMOUS POP SINGER, ALAN TAM.

THE PUBLICITY PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES ANNOUNCEMENTS, CINEMA SLIDES, POSTERS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND MOBILE BILLBOARDS.

COMPOSED AND SUNG BY

TELEVISION AND RADIO

MTR, KCR AND

LRT

PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES WILL APPEAR ON ELECTRONIC SCREENS AT COURSES AND SPORTS STADIA NEXT MONTH.

READILY

AVAILABLE

RACE

TO

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"TO MAKE REGISTRATION FORMS POTENTIAL ELECTORS, 1,400 DISTRIBUTION POINTS HAVE NOW BEEN SET UP ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICES, HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL CENTRES AND BRANCHES OF THE HONGKONG BANK, HANG BANK, CHARTERED BANK AND BANK OF CHINA GROUP, MR CHEN SAID.

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"WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED INTO MORE INNOVATIVE WAYS ΤΟ FACILITATE THE PUBLIC IN REGISTRATION AS A VOTER, HE ADDED.

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BE

FOR THE FIRST TIME, MR CHEN SAID, THE APPLICATION FORM WILL

NEWSPAPERS WITH A PRINTED IN A FULL PAGE COLOUR ADVERTISEMENT IN 12

CIRCULATION OF COMBINED DAILY

MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION AND IN 18 DISTRICT NEWSPAPERS.

THESE FORMS WILL ALSO REACH 1.5 MILLION DIRECT MAILING OF WATER BILLS AND MAGAZINES.

HOUSEHOLDS

THROUGH

AT THE SAME TIME, DISTRICT OFFICES WILL ORGANISE HOUSEHOLD VISITS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO LURE MORE POTENTIAL VOTERS.

A SERIES OF LOCAL PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FUN FAIRS BUS PARADES TO ENCOURAGE REGISTRATION WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED.

PROMOTION PROGRAMME THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S GALA SHOW JOINTLY PRODUCED BY THE FOUR ELECTRONIC MEDIA KONG CULTURAL CENTRE ON AUGUST 25.

AND

WILL BE

AT THE

A HONG

THE SHOW, FEATURING A HOST OF ENTERTAINMENT SUPERSTARS, BE BROADCAST LIVE BY RADIO AND AT PRIME TIMES ON TELEVISION.

WILL

/MR CHEN