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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1991

FOR THE

SERVICE SEPTEMBER 3.

CANDIDATES, THERE ARE TWO ROUNDS OF FREE MAILING ONE ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 23 AND ANOTHER ON OR BEFORE

TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR VOTERS TO COTTON ON TO THEIR CANDIDATES, ELECTION FORUMS ARE BEING HELD, IN THEIR RELEVANT CONSTITUENCIES, RADIO AND TELEVISION.

ON

THE LIMELIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE FOCUSED ON AN ELECTION PROMOTION SPECTACULAR "91 ELECTIONS TELEGAME SHOW" WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 14.

ELECTIONS TVB-JADE FOR THE

THIS TELEGAME SHOW IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE PUBLICITY STEERING GROUP AND TVB AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON THAT EVENING. THERE WILL BE A THEME SONG COMPOSED SPECIALLY OCCASION. IT WILL BE SUNG JOINTLY BY FAMOUS POP SINGERS : MR JACKY CHEUNG, MR LEON LAI AND MR HACKEN LEE.

THE

ELECTIONS

PUBLICITY

STEERING

GROUP

COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, RTHK AND THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WAS FORMED IN MAY LAST YEAR ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE PROGRAMMES FOR THE 1991 ELECTIONS.

PUBLICITY

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HEAVIER TRAFFIC EXPECTED WHEN SCHOOLS RESUME ON MONDAY

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED MOTORISTS AND OTHER ROAD USERS THAT FOR MOST SCHOOLS THE AUTUMN TERM BEGINS ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 2) AND TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIER THAN FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS CAN EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER MUCH MORE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS FROM MONDAY ONWARDS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE VOLUME OF RAIL TRANSPORT PASSENGERS ON THE MTR, KCR, LRT AND THE TRAMS WILL ALSO INCREASE.

HE URGED ROAD USERS TO EXERCISE CARE AND PATIENCE, AND BE PREPARED TO ADJUST THEIR TRAVEL TIMES AND ROUTES ΤΟ COPE WITH THE RESUMPTION OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC.

"MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN CROSSING THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL BUSES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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TO MINIMISE THE EXTRA TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS, HE RECOMMENDED THAT MAXIMUM USE

MADE OF PUBLIC

PRIVATE CARS.

SHOULD BE

TRANSPORT

INSTEAD OF

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