XN000022-1991-08-18 — Page 3

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1991

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ELECTORS URGED TO VOTE IN LEGCO POLLS

ELECTORS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT WERE TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED ΤΟ PLAY THEIR PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG BY CASTING THEIR VOTES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 15.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE ASSISTANT CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS MARY TSANG, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME (SYP) FOR THE DISTRICT.

MISS TSANG NOTED THAT THE 77,565 REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE DISTRICT REPRESENTED SOME HALF OF THE ELECTORATE IN THE ISLAND WEST CONSTITUENCY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

SHE ADDED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT MONTH WOULD HINGE ON THE ELECTORS' ENTHUSIASM TO VOTE.

MISS TSANG ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL ON THOSE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS ON SEPTEMBER 12.

TO PUBLICISE THE ELECTIONS, THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE WILL LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN WHICH INCLUDED A BUS PARADE, STREET BUNTINGS, NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS AND ELECTION SOUVENIRS то ATTRACT

VOTERS TO THE BOOTH, SHE ADDED.

MEANWHILE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S SYP CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR HO SHIU-SUM SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME 30 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, ORGANISED MORE THAN 700 ACTIVITIES FOR THE DISTRICT'S YOUTH THIS SUMMER.

MR HO HOPED THAT PARTICIPANTS WOULD NOW HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYP THEME "SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY" THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THESE ACTIVITIES.

THE FINALE OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WAS A VARIETY SHOW TODAY AT THE FORBES STREET PLAYGROUND, KENNEDY TOWN.

THE EVENT HAD ATTRACTED MORE THAN 2,000 LOCAL RESIDENTS, MOSTLY CHILDREN, TO JOIN.

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