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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1992

JUMBO BDTC AND BNO PASSPORTS INTRODUCED

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TERRITORIES

JUMBO 48-PAGE HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT (BDTC) AND BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) [BN(0)] PASSPORTS WITH READABILITY WILL BE ISSUED FROM MAY 1.

ANNOUNCING THIS

CITIZEN MACHINE

THE

FOR A SPOKESMAN TODAY (THURSDAY),

32-PAGE THAN THE STANDARD IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW-STYLE PASSPORTS HAD A BURGUNDY-RED

AND WERE SLIGHTLY THICKER SOFT COVER MACHINE-READABLE PASSPORTS ISSUED SINCE JUNE 1, 1990.

A

IN HONG

LEVIED IN IS WHICH THE FEE FOR A 48-PAGE BDTC PASSPORT IS HK$400 WHILE THAT FOR

STERLING

PAYABLE 48-PAGE BN (0) PASSPORT IS 22.5 POUNDS POUND STERLING UNDER THE CONSULAR FEES ACT 1980 BUT KONG DOLLARS.

AND WAS THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE LARGER-SIZED PASSPORT FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF BRITISH PASSPORTS ISSUED BY THE UK GOVERNMENT BEING INTRODUCED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS.

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