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ENCOURAGING RESPONSE TO VOTER REGISTRATION

*

UP

MORE

TO OCTOBER 11, APPLICATION FORMS WERE SUBMITTED TO

THAN

441,200

VOTER

REGISTRATION THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL HSU, SAID TODAY

OFFICE, ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR ADOLF (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT

THE

OPENING

CEREMONY

THE

SECOND

SAI

KUNG

OF DISTRICT ARTS FESTIVAL, MR HSU DESCRIBED THE RESULT AS ENCOURAGING.

AS

HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY ONE AS THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPIGN MONTH, MR HSU URGED THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED TO ENROLL SO TO TAKE PART IN NEXT YEAR'S THREE-TIER ELECTIONS.

AND A HIGHER STANDARD EFFORTS ALONE. MORE

HE EMPHASISED THAT A BETTER COMMUNITY OF LIVING CANNOT BE ACHIEVED THROUGH GOVERNMENT IMPORTANTLY, IT REQUIRES THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE.

ENCOURAGING

THE

AND REPRESENTATIVE

WHAT "THIS IS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN RECENT YEARS,

THE GOVERNMENT

BEEN HAS ADMINISTRATION

HE SAID.

ADDED,

WILL SEE

A

NEW

MILESTONE

IN

SEATS

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"WE HE "NEXT YEAR, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AS 30 PER CENT OF THE 60 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE OPENED TO DIRECT ELECTIONS.

AT PO LAM AFTER THE CEREMONY, HE VISITED THE ARTS EXPOSITION

GALORE WITH A STREET SUNKEN PLAZA WHERE THERE WAS AN ENTERTAINMENT

AND THEATRE, A BRASS QUINET, MODERN DANCES, KUNG FU, ACROBATICS, MIME HANDICRAFT DEMONSTRATIONS.

THE SAI KUNG FESTIVAL, FIRST HELD IN 1988, IS A BIENNIAL EVENT.

OF ART APPRECIATION AMONG ITS OBJECTIVES ARE TO RAISE THE STANDARD

PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT.

DRAMAS,

THE FAIR, TO BE

OPERAS, CANTONESE

TO THEM

HELD

UNTIL FOLK

30, WILL OCTOBER SONG KARAOKE,

ALSO FEATURE POP CONCERTS,

WHICH WHILE

PHOTOGRAPHIC AND PAINTING EXHIBITIONS.

THE COST OF THE FESTIVAL IS ESTIMATED TO BE $700,000, OF $360,000 COMES FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL THE REST ARE DONATIONS FROM LOCAL DIGNITARIES.

THE

BY A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ORGANISED IS FESTIVAL

FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, COMPRISING 60 REPRESENTATIVES THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

SAI KUNG

THE TSEUNG ADMISSION TICKETS AND PROGRAMMES ARE OBTAINABLE AT

OFFICE AND TSUI LAM DISTRICT KWAN O SUB-OFFICE OF THE

MISS LAI

ON SIU-FAN COMMUNITY HALL. ENQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED TEL. 791 0016.

TO

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