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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1974.
RESIDENTS URGED TO APPLY NOW FOR RE-ENTRY PERMITS
· FOR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY JOURNEYS TO CHINA OR MACAU
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THE DIRECTOR\\\_OF_IMMIGRATION, MR. BILL COLLARD, TODAY ADVISED RESIDENTS INTENDING TO TRAVEL TO CHINA OR MACAU OVER THE CHRISTMAS AND CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS TO APPLY NOW FOR THEIR HONG KONG RE-ENTRY PERMITS BEFORE THE RUSH STARTS,
HE SAID THAT BUSINESS WAS RELATIVELY QUIET AT THE MOMENT AND THOSE WAITING UNTIL JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY TO APPLY FOR RE-ENTRY PERMITS WOULD FACE THE INEVITADLE DELAYS AND LONG QUEUES AT IMMIGRATION DERARTMENT OFFICES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT OVER 360,000 LOCAL RESIDENTS TRAVELLED · TO MACAU AND CHINA DURING THE HOLIDAYS LAST YEAR AND THE FIGURE MAY WELL BE MUCH HIGNER IN 1975.
A SINGLE JOURNEY RE-ENTRY PERMIT COSTING ONLY $2 IS VALID FOR ONE JOURNEY TO MACAU OR CINNA AND RETURN TO HONG KONG WITHIN 6 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE, A MULTIPLE JOURNEY PERMIT COSTING $10 IS VALID FOR ANY NURDER OF JOURNEYS WITHIN 5 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE.
+THERE IS THEREFORE NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO WAIT UNTIL JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS OR CHINESE NEW YEAR DEFORE APPLYING,+ MR. COLLARD SAID. +THERE IS ALSO CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGE IN APPLYING FOR TUE MULTIPLE RATHER THAN THE SINGLE JOURNEY DOCUMENTS - IT IS CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN AND ELIMINATES THE NEED TO QUEUE, AND TO OBTAIN FRESH PHOTOGRAPHIS, TO OBTAIN A DOCUMENT FOR EVERY TRIP.+
RE-ENTRY PERMITS CAN BE OBTAINED NOW FROM ALL IMMIGRATION BRANCH OFFICES AND FROM THE MODILE IMMIGRATION OFFICE WHICH CALLS DAILY AT REMOTER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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