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Platforms in Braille available for the blind

Platforms of candidates for the Legislative Council elections are now available in Braille to help blind electors to get to know the candidates.

A spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said today (Thursday) a total of 30 sets of platforms with Braille text had been produced and were available for loan from district offices or the following voluntary organisations:

Rehabilitation Alliance Hong Kong; Society for the Blind; and

Hong Kong Association of the Blind.

In addition to platforms, copies of a leaflet in Braille and cassette tapes introducing the main features of the LegCo elections are also obtainable from:

Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service Shek Kip Mei Lutheran Centre for the Blind;

Rehabilitation Alliance Hong Kong,

Hong Kong Society for the Blind;

Ebenezer School and Home for the Blind;

Hong Kong Federation of the Blind; and

Pentecostal Holiness Church Ling Kwong Bradbury Centre for the Blind.

The spokesman said blind electors and those who could not read might visit district offices to listen to the tapes.

They may also call the REO hotline 2891 1400 to listen to recorded messages on candidates' personal particulars and platforms. Meanwhile, candidates' data have also been included onto an internet service, the InterServe.

The internet home page location is:

http://www.interserve.com.hk.elect95/main.html

Enquiries on the data may be directed to the Registration and Electoral Office via electronic mail address: [email protected]

End/Thursday, September 7, 1995