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SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1994

"IN HONG KONG, THF NECESSARY PREVENTIVE MEASURES PLACE AND THE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ARE ADEQUATE ACCESSIBLE.

WELL

IN

ARE

AND EASILY

"VACCINATION AGAINST CHOLERA AND RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL ARE INEFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA, HE SAID.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, NINE CASES OF CHOLERA HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

846,000 VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS RECEIVED

IN RESPONSE ΤΟ PRESS ENQUIRIES, A SPOKESMAN REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) 846,000 VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE CAMPAIGN WHICH ENDED AT MIDNIGHT YESTERDAY.

FOR THE THAT ABOUT

THREE-MONTH

ABOUT 60 PER CENT ARE ESTIMATED TO BE APPLICATIONS

ELECTORS.

OTHER DETAILS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT.

FOR NEW

HE EXPECTED THAT A DETAILED ANALYSIS WOULD BE COMPLETED LATER IN THE MONTH.

VOTE AT DISTRICT BOARD POLLS: SHA

THE

SECRETARY

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FOR HOME AFFAIRS,

MR MICHAEL SUEN, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN SEPTEMBER'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

HE PARTICULARLY APPEALED TO THOSE AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 21 EXERCISE THEIR VOTING RIGHTS.

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION THIS AFTERNOON, MR SUEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD SO RECEIVED 846,000 REGISTRATION FORMS AND OVER 40 PER CENT OF 200,000 ELIGIBLE PEOPLE AGED UNDER 21 HAD RESPONDED REGISTRATION CALL.

FAR

THE

ΤΟ

THE

PLEASED WITH THE MATURITY AND COMMITMENT SHOWN BY THESE VOTERS, HE, NEVERTHELESS, CONTENDED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE FIRST IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

NEW

STEP

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POWER AND INFLUENCE COMES WITH EXERCISING THE VOTE, MR SUEN SAID.

RIGHT ΤΟ

HE

ADDED: "IT IS A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY: TO HAVE A SAY IN HOW OUR WAY OF LIFESTYLE SHOULD DEVELOP.

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