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Monday, December 10, 1973
NEW IMMIGRATION OFFICE IN SHAU KEI WAN
Another immigration branch office was opened today in conformity
with the Immigration Department's policy of providing the public with
adequate and convenient immigration facilities in a comfortable environment, in their own neighbourhood.
The new branch office is located at G24-25, Tai On Building,
57-87 Shau Kei Wan Road and will provide a full range of immigration services,
to residents in Shau Kei Wan, Chai Wan and North Point.
Speaking at the official opening ceremony this morning, the
Director of Immigration, Mr. W.E. Collard, noted that this was the third branch office to be opened this year.
Another one would come into operation in Yuen Long early next month, he said, while arrangements were in hand to open a similar office at Sham Shui Po, probably in February.
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"We are also preparing a long-term programme for the provision
of immigration facilities, as the need arises, in other parts of Hong Kong,
such as the new towns at Shatin and Tuen Mun, Mr. Collard said.
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Mr. Cheung Kam-tin, Chairman of Shau Kei Wan Kaifong Welfare
Association, who performed the opening ceremony, said that the advent of the operation of immigration service in the area indicated that the government had already taken a further step towards the protion of greater interest
in the betterment of the fellow-residents of Shau Kei Wan and the commmity
in general.
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