(eg. tourists) would be encouraged to carry proof of identity so that their bona fides could be quickly established. Adult Vietnamese refugees would also be obliged to carry their newly issued refugee cards:
his requirement has been included to counter possible criticism of more favourable treatment and to facilitate identification. The proposal would extend to the whole of Hong Kong similar requirements to those at present in force in certain border areas, though the latter do not allow for alternatives to the identity card to be carried and apply to all persons aged 11 or more. Because a greater ddegree of control is required in these special areas, it is proposed to retain these particular requirements unless Council advises that this would lead to undesirable confusion.
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Under new Part IVB, new Section 17, it would be an offence for an employer to have in his employment, or
: take into his employment, persons without identity cards or certain other specified identity documents. To assist in enforcement, employers would be required (under new Section 17K) to maintain simply records of the names and details of the documents of all their employees. Transitional provisions are included in new Section 17 to enable employers to ensure that those already inttheir employment possess or obtain identity documents. Employers are given immunity against claims made by persons dismissed fom not having documents.
changes in the procedure for making Removal Orders. These are at present made by the Governor in all cases. This not only seems inappropriate, but if the number of Orders increased sharply, as is likely, the arrangements could become unworkable. The proposal in Clause 4 is therefore that, with the exception mentioned below, the Removal Orders would be made by the Director of Immigration or his Deputy. Such Orders would be made on the grounds that the person concerned had arrived illegally (although Orders on the grounds that a person was an "undesirable immigrant " - Section 19(1)(c), Cap. 115 would remain a matter for the Governor), The Director of Immigration would have discretion, within the context of Government policy, not to make Orders where there were very strong humanitarian grounds, where there was likelihood of widespread public sympathy, here a person was a political refugee or where he would be liable to excessively harsh punishment if returned. Such exceptions would be few,
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