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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994

FORMULATED AN AND UPDATED

IN THIS RESPECT, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEMPARTMENT

1993 MAY ACTION PLAN ON TAKING THE FAMILY SERIOUSLY IN THE PLAN IN OCTOBER 1993.

STRACHAN SAID

WITH THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, MR THE DEPARTMENT WAS BEGINNING TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTION PLAN IN 1994.

BUT ALSO

"IT ALSO INVOLVES IMPROVEMENT, NOT ONLY IN QUANTITY,

OF THE SOCIETY, QUALITY AND VARIETY, IN MEETING THE CHANGING NEEDS HE CONCLUDED.

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BEC CHAIRMAN URGES PUBLIC TO REGISTER AS VOTERS

THE

JUSTICE

CHAIRMAN OF WOO KWOK-HING, POTENTIAL VOTERS IN HONG KONG TO REGISTER.

THE BOUNDARY TODAY

AND

(THURSDAY)

ELECTION URGED THE

COMMISSION,

TWO MILLION

MR

COMMITMENT

"TO BE A VOTER IS A CIVIC RIGHT, IT SIGNIFIES ONE'S

TO SOCIETY," MR JUSTICE WOO SAID.

HE WAS

AT SPEAKING

THE PRESS CONFERENCE LIMITED TO ANNOUNCE ITS

HOSTED BY PROGRAMMES ON

THE VOTER

TELEVISION BROADCASTS REGISTRATION.

THE CHAIRMAN SAID HONG KONG HAD ENTERED A HISTORICAL ERA.

"1994 AND 1995 ARE IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT

THE IN HONG KONG, LAYING REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

GROUNDWORK HONG KONG"," REALISING THE CONCEPT OF "HONG KONG PEOPLE RULING SAID.

OF

FOR

HE

THICK THROUGH

AND HONG KONG PEOPLE LIVE AND STAND TOGETHER

TO THE THIN.

THEY SHOULD FACE THEIR COMMON CHALLENGES AND CONTRIBUTE WELL-BEING AND PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY, HE ADDED.

WOO SAID.

"FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY MUST REGISTER AS A VOTER,

H MR JUSTICE

TO DEVELOPMENT

HAVE

HE ALSO SAID IT WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING VOTING AGE LOWERED FROM 21 TO 18.

DISTRICT BOARD

WILL BE HELD ON ELECTIONS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 5 NEXT YEAR.

A

THREE-MONTH

SEPTEMBER

18

AND

CAMPAIGN

HAS

STARTED ON

VOTER REGISTRATION APRIL 1 IN PREPARATION FOR THESE IMPORTANT ELECTIONS.

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