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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1975
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN PROCESSING DRIVE CONCLUDED WITH ONE MOBILE TEAM RETURNING TO THEIR NORMAL REGISTRATION WORK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE END OF THE DRIVE COINCIDED WITH THE DISLODGING OF THE +RE-REGISTRATION GAP+ WHICH RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING UP TO THE AGE FOR ADULT CARD RE-REGISTRATION.
EXTRA STAFF ASSIGNED TO THE SCHEME HAD TO RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSTS TO COPE WITH THIS INCREASED WORKLOAD. BUT THE WORK OF REGISTERING YOUNGSTERS FOR JUVENILE IDENTITY CARDS IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND NON-SCHOOL CHILDREN ALIKE ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY IN PERSON AT THE BRANCH OFFICES OR SUB-OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY ATTAIN THE AGE OF 11 AND TO RE-REGISTER FOR ADULT IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THEY REACH THE AGE OF 18.
COMMENTING ON THE DRIVE, THE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, +JUDGING BY THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS.+
+BESIDES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, +CHILDREN COMING UP TO THE AGE FOR REGISTRATION ARE SO AWARE OF THE NEED TO REGISTER THAT DURING THIS SUMMER VACATION, THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN CALLED AT OUR OFFICES FOR REGISTRATION;+
TO FACILITATE REGISTRATION, THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED CHILDREN OF THE NEED TO BRING THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATES, TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, PREVIOUS IDENTITY CARDS, PARENTS' OR GUARDIANS' IDENTITY CARDS AND THEIR OWN RESIDENTIAL PROOF.
UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, THE AGE OF REGISTERING FOR A JUVENILE IDENTITY CARD IS RAISED FROM 6 TO 11, WHILE THE AGE OF RE-REGISTERING FOR AN ADULT CARD IS RAISED FROM 17 TO 18.
THE NEW JUVENILE IDENTITY CARD IS DESIGNED FOR CLEAR IDENTIFICATION OF THE HOLDER WHO MIGHT NEED IT IN APPLYING FOR A JOB OR AN ENROLMENT IN A SCHOOL.
LIKE THE ADULT CARD, IT CARRIES THE HOLDER'S PHOTOGRAPH,
FULL PERSONAL NAMES, DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH, NATIONALITY, TRAVEL DOCUMENT NUMBER AND ALSO THE DATE OF RENEWAL.
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