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Tuesday, January 9, 1973
MOBILE REGISTRATION TEAM POPULAR
The mobile registration team of the Registration of Persons
Department has proved to be very popular among residents of the New
Territories, the outlying islands, and various housing estates in the
urban areas.
In the past nine months, the mobile registration team in the
New Territories handled 12,075 applications for juvenile identity cards
and 15,751 applications for adult identity cards. This included 397
applications for adult identity cards and 2,650 applications for juvenile
identity cards received from residents of outlying islands.
The mobile registration team in the urban areas registered
750 people for adult identity cards and 6,763 children for juvenile
identity cards during the same period.
A spokesman for the Registration of Persons Department said
today: "Members of the public have shown that they appreciate the
services provided by the mobile registration teams, and the cooperation
of local kaifong associations and rural 'committees in the New Territories
is particularly encouraging."
The length of a mobile registration team's stay in one place
depends on the needs of the local population, but generally ranges from
a few days to one week, Its work is divided into two parts the
registration of applicants and the distribution of documents after processing.
The spokesman
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