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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1990

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RS URGES RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP AS ELECTORS AND то VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S THREE ELECTIONS.

SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY ΤΟ START OFF THE WAN CHAI VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN, MR LAN SAID MORE THAN 150 ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN PLANNED IN THE 19 DISTRICTS DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD WHICH WOULD LAST UNTIL OCTOBER 1.

ALSO, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WOULD ORGANISE A NUMBER OF TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY FUNCTIONS WITH VARIOUS OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO HELP BOOST THE VOTER POPULATION, HE SAID.

MR LAN ADDED THAT A GALA SHOW WOULD BE HELD AT THE CULTURAL CENTRE ON AUGUST 25 WITH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AS THE MAIN OFFICIATING GUEST.

MEANWHILE, THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WOULD VISIT SOME 33,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND 80 COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT TO HELP ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS REGISTER.

AT THE

A NUMBER OF MOBILE REGISTRATION BOOTHS WOULD BE SET UP DISTRICT'S MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS AND AT WAN CHAI FERRY PIER, HE ADDED.

A CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINAR WAS ALSO HELD TODAY FOLLOWING THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY. THE SPEAKERS WERE MR LAN, OMELCO MEMBER MRS RITA FAN AND A LINGNAN COLLEGE LECTURER, MR LI PANG-KWONG.

CIVIC EDUCATION CONDUCIVE TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

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HONG KONG MUST CONTINUE ΤΟ DEVELOP

THE REPRESENTATIVE

GOVERNMENT SYSTEM TO MEET RESIDENTS' NEEDS AND ΤΟ ENABLE A SMOOTH CHANGEOVER OF SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN,

ORGANISED SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) AT A SEMINAR

BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE ON "THE RELATIONSHIP OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT".

MR LAN SAID A CHARACTERISTIC OF HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM WAS THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO

CONSULTATION

IN THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS.

PUBLIC

/ON CIVIC