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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1994

THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDERS IS NOON ON JULY 1.

TENDER FORMS, TENDER NOTICE AND CONDITIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, KOWLOON EAST, 10TH FLOOR, YAU MA TEI CAR PARK BUILDING, 250 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON AND THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD.

TENDER PLANS CAN ALSO BE INSPECTED AT THE OFFICES.

SCA CALLS ON RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS

THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS,

MR NICHOLAS NG, TODAY WEDNESDAY) CALLS ON RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP

AS VOTERS. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT UP TO YESTERDAY, THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE (REO) HAD RECEIVED 560,000 RETURNED REGISTRATION FORMS, WHICH INCLUDE APPLICATIONS ΤΟ BECOME VOTERS AND NOTIFICATIONS ON CHANGE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHBON

OF THE CITY LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG, MR NG POINTED OUT THAT THE MOST CONCRETE WAY OF PARTICIPATING IN SOCIAL AFFAIRS WAS TO REGISTER AS A VOTER.

"BEING AN ELECTOR IS OUR RIGHT AS A CITIZEN AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY. THROUGH A FAIR AND OPEN ELECTORAL SYSTEM, WE CAN ELECT PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THE THREE TIERS OF COUNCILS. APART FROM MONITORING THE GOVERNMENT, WE CAN REFLECT OUR EXPECTATIONS AND REQUESTS TO THE AUTHORITIES,

* HE SAID.

"YOU CAN SIGN UP AS A VOTER IF YOU ARE 18 YEARS OLD OR ABOVE, HOLD A HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD, AND ARE ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS (OR ARE A HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENT)."

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MR NG SAID THREE MAJOR ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR: THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 18 THIS YEAR, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 5 NEXT YEAR AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

HE SAID THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (BEC) HAD STARTED A LARGE-SCALE THREE-MONTH VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN APRIL AND ITS PUBLICITY PLAN, WHICH WAS DRAWN UP WITH THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDED EXTENSIVE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEASURES AT BOTH THE CENTRAL AND THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

ACTIVITIES AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL INCLUDE PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY MEDIA ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST, AS WELL AS POSTERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS TO GET ACROSS THE VOTER REGISTRATION MESSAGE. THE REO HAD WRITTEN TO LABOUR GROUPS, MAJOR BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

IN ADDITION, A "COUNTDOWN" WILL BE LAUNCHED 10 DAYS BEFORE JULY 1, THE DEADLINE OF REGISTRATION, TO REMIND THE PUBLIC NOT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP AS A VOTER.

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