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Thursday, June 14, 1973
IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES FOR PEOPLE WITH "RIGHT TO LAND"
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The Director of Immigration, Mr. W. E. Collard, today urged people
with the right to land in Hong Kong to apply for an appropriate endorsement in
their travel document to facilitate immigration procedures when travelling
abroad.
Without the proper endorsement, he said, these persons would be
required to prove their claim every time they wished to travel abroad and
this might result in unnecessary delay.
Mr. Collard said it was up to those who claimed the right to land
to prove their claim.
They could do this by applying for an endorsement in their travel
document on production of documentary proof of their right and payment of a
$5 fee.
Those who have the right to land in Hong Kong are British subjects
who were born, naturalised, or registered in Hong Kong, or are married to or
the child of such a person; and "United Kingdom belongera" and "Chinese
residents" who have resided in Hong Kong continuously for seven years.
Application forms for a right to land endorsement may be obtained
from all Immigration Department offices. Copies will be sent by post on request
which may be made by telephoning 5-456065, extensions 200, 236, or 237.
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