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Ferry Terminal and the Sham Shui Po Pier. The system has now been extended to cover the Lo Wu and Hung Hom control points; and it will soon be introduced also at the Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok crossings. Kai Tak Airport and the China Ferry Terminal in Canton Road will be covered in mid-1988; and, finally, Lok Ma Chau in mid-1989. At that stage all travellers with Hong Kong identity cards

will be able to pass through

through all of Our immigration control points without having to complete arrival and departure cards.

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(c) Travel Agents Agents

Some holiday-makers and other travellers have suffered from travel agents suddenly ceasing business or otherwise defaulting on their obligations. We can all sympathise with those whose plans for a holiday turn into

nightmare of travel forgone and

The money lost. problem is not unique to Hong Kong. Although we do have legislation covering travel agents it is becoming clear that, without the deployment of disproportionate

resources, this alone cannot provide an adequate safeguard against inefficient and fraudulent operators. There now seems to be a general consensus that the best

way forward is for

industry to regulate

the

travel

/itself

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