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Monday, May 29, 1972
NEW IMMIGRATION BRANCH OFFICES PLANNED
For Convenience Of The Public
The Immigration Department will be setting up a branch office
in Mong Kok sometime in July this year to augment its present facilities.
Plans are to set up another branch office in Kwun Tong, following
the opening of the Mong Kok office, before the end of the year.
There will be a further office in the Western District on Hong
Kong Island next year and the next on the list will be in Shaukiwan.
These new branches are necessary to cope with increased demand
for travelling documents, for it has been estimated that the department's
work in issuing these documents has increased by 40 per cent since 1969.
The well-distributed offices will also be readily accessible
and will remove congestion at the present offices and save travelling
time by the public.
There are at present eight Immigration offices, three of which
are on Hong Kong Island and three in Kowloon.
of the two in the New Territories, the one in Tsuen Wan was
only opened in September, 1970.
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