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NEW IMMIGRATION OFFICE OPENED
Monday, July 16, 1973
A new immigration branch office for people in Western District
was opened today in Kennedy Town.
It is the ninth branch office of the Immigration Department and the
third to be opened in the past 12 months.
At today's formal opening, the Director of Immigration, Mr. W.E.
Collard, revealed that plans were already in hand to open similar offices
in Shau Kei Wan, Sham Shui Po and Yuen Long. He hoped they would be in
operation before the end of this year.
"In addition, the feasibility of opening an office at Aberdeen is
now being examined, and we are also preparing a long-term programme to provide
facilities, as the need arises, in other parts of Hong Kong, such as the new
towns at Shatin and Tuen Mun," Mr. Collard said.
Mr. Chan Ling-fung, chairman of the Kennedy Town Kaifong Association,
who performed the opening ceremony, said that from now on residents of Western
District would find it much more convenient to transact immigration business
than before.
The new branch office is located on the ground floor of Luen Gay
Apartments at 9 Davis Street, Kennedy Town.
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