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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1990

AC MEMBERS URGED TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, DISTRICT AREA COMMITTEE (AC) TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON KOWLOON CITY MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.

SPEAKING AT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT JOINT AREA COMMITTEE CAMP AT BAPTIST ASSEMBLY, FANLING, MR LAN SAID A SERIES OF

TO PUBLICISE IN HAD BEEN LAUNCHED ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR.

THE

DISTRICT

THE

DAY

ACTIVITIES THREE-TIER

"THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND A SAID.

HOUSEHOLD

VISITS, DISTRIBUTION OF

VOTER LARGE-SCALE

REGISTRATION

DAY,"

HE

HE NOTED THAT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT HAD MORE REGISTERED VOTERS OR ABOUT 44 PER VOTERS.

CENT OF THE

DISTRICT'S

THAN 110,000 ELIGIBLE

"SINCE THE START OF THE BEEN GOOD WITH A TOTAL OF FORMS RETURNED.

EXERCISE, REGISTRATION

FEEDBACK

HAS

MORE THAN 13,000 COMPLETED REGISTRATION

COMMUNITY LEADERS, WILL ACTIVELY

I SINCERELY HOPE THAT AC MEMBERS AS CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL PEOPLE TO REGISTER AS VOTERS AND

MR LAN SAID. SUPPORT THESE MEANINGFUL ELECTION ACTIVITIES,

"

PRAISED THE AC MEMBERS FOR AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

EARLIER, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY

TERRITORY-WIDE PROMOTING

THEIR EFFORTS IN

RESIDENTS' WELFARE.

CLOSELY

DEVELOPMENT

AND

HE SAID THE AC'S HAD BEEN SERVING AS AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS BY MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND

PARTICIPATING

IN

DISTRICT

OF POLITICAL

NOTING THAT HONG KONG IS IN A NEW HISTORIC STAGE

LAN SAID THERE WAS TRANSITION TOWARDS A MORE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, MR

TO EFFECTIVELY STRONGER NEED FOR DISTRICT AN EVEN REFLECT PUBLIC OPINIONS.

ORGANISATIONS

OF

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT TODAY'S EVENT REFLECTED THE SPIRIT CLOSE CO-OPERATION, ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND PLANNING OF AC MEMBERS.

DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DUNCAN SHARING HIS VIEWS, KOWLOON CITY

VOICE PESCOD, SAID: "THROUGH REGULAR MEETINGS, AC MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO

HELP IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S AND THE VIEWS

OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES,

END/RE.

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