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DHA calls on members of the public to register as voters
The Director of Home Affairs, Mr Joseph Wong, today (Thursday) called on members of the public to exercise their civic rights and register as voters in the September 17 Legislative Council elections.
Speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Sai Kung Central Lee Siu Yam Memorial School, Mr Wong also appealed for employers' support by giving their staff's data to the Registration and Electoral Office as potential voters for the nine functional constituencies.
He urged those who had not yet registered to do so right away and those who had already done so to remind their friends and families to become voters.
Turning to the school, which was established by amalgamating five small rural schools in Sai Kung, Mr Wong paid tribute to the Sai Kung District Board and other local bodies and community leaders for their support and active participation.
Mr Wong said with the keen support of the local community in improving education facilities in the district, the fourth central primary school will be completed in Sai Kung by September. Two similar schools have already been set up in the district.
He said the 1981 White Paper on Primary Education and pre-primary services stated that, in order to provide schools of an educationally viable size in rural areas, Government would encourage the building of central primary schools to replace rural schools of less than six operating classes.
The school, located at area 4 in Sai Kung Town, includes 30 classrooms, teaching rooms and an assembly hall.
The Management Committee of the school, chaired by the District Board Chairman Mr George Ng Sze-fuk, has so far raised $3.4 million to buy furniture and equipment.
End/Thursday, April 20, 1995
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