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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1991

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TOTAL OF 715 BALLOT BOXES HAVE TELEPHONE LINES INSTALLED IN THE POLLING AND

AND

461

BEEN PREPARED COUNTING STATIONS.

(REO), WHICH IS THE TO INCREASE ITS STAFF MOUNTING WITH

CO-

THE

THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE ORDINATING CENTRE FOR THE ELECTIONS, HAS

PER CENT, FROM 60 TO 90 TO COPE STRENGTH BY 50 WORKLOAD FOR THE ELECTIONS.

THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT HAVE ALSO COME IN FOR ASSISTANCE BY HELPING IN THE PRINTING OF POLL CARDS AND BALLOT PAPERS.

MAKING THE MESSAGE STICK

VOTE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, WATER IS PRECIOUS DON'T WASTE IT, DON'T LEAVE CHILDREN UNATTENDED, FALLING KILL.

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OBJECTS

CAN

FROM BILLBOARDS ALL OVER THE TERRITORY, COLOURFUL GOVERNMENT POSTERS AMPLIFIED THESE MESSAGES, URGING US ALL. TO BE CARING CITIZENS. THE POSTERS ARE PART OF THE HONG KONG HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW THEY GET THERE?

RESPONSIBLE SCENE. BUT.

PUTTING UP THE POSTERS AND MAINTAINING THE HOARDINGS AND LIGHT BOXES WHERE THEY ARE DISPLAYED IS A FULL-TIME JOB FOR THREE MEN: MR NG YUM-SHING, MR LEE KWAI CHUNG AND MR LI SHUI-YUK.

EMPLOYED BY THE PUBLICATIONS SUB-DIVISION OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EACH OF THEM TRAVELS MORE THAN 400 KILOMETRES AND VISITS 100 SITES EACH WEEK PUTTING UP NEW POSTERS AT SOME 1,700 POSTER SITES MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

THEIR WORKLOAD HAS TRIPLED IN THE PAST FEW BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN FOR THE THAT MADE THEM VISIT MORE SITES THAN EVER.

OF THE

WEEKS. THIS IS LEGCO ELECTIONS

SALLYING FORTH ON THEIR MOTOR-BIKES FROM THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE FRENCH MISSION BUILDING IN CENTRAL, THEY HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING B00 KILOMETRES AND PUTTING UP SOME 450 POSTERS EACH WEEK.

THEIR JOB GOES BEYOND STICKING UP THE LATEST GOVERNMENT MESSAGE. AS MR NG SAYS: "WE HAVE TO KEEP THE POSTER SITES IN GOOD CONDITION AND MEND THE DAMAGE DONE BY VANDALS,

"WE USUALLY WORK INDEPENDENTLY, EACH COVERING OUR OWN BEAT."

MR NG, WHO HAS WORKED AS A POSTERMAN FOR 13 YEARS, COVERS THE BIGGEST AREA, THE NEW TERRITORIES; MR LEE, A FIVE-YEAR VETERAN OF THE PASTE POT, WORKS IN KOWLOON; WHILE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS MR LI HAS BEEN PUTTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

SO THE NEXT TIME A GOVERNMENT POSTER CATCHES YOUR EYE, SPARE À THOUGHT FOR THE THREE TRUSTY POSTERMEN WHO MAKE SURE THE MESSAGE

STICKS.

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