THE ACCESS TO THE SPORTS CENTRE AND RACE-COURSE WOULD BE BY A BRIDGE ACROSS FO TAN NULLAH,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PRESENT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE JUBILEE CENTRE WAS LIMITED.
+THE NEW BRIDGE WILL BE A SINGLE 32-METRE SPAN OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE. IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN THE SPORTS CENTRE AND THE NEW TOWN CENTRE,+ HE SAID.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED, BY MESSRS, MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE P.W.D.
CARRYING OF ID CARDS IN PING CHAU IS
COMPULSORY FROM JULY 16 *****
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GOING TO PING CHAU IN MIRS BAY ARE REMINDED THAT THEY MUST BRING THEIR IDENTITY CARDS FROM MONDAY (JULY 16) AND ONLY ORIGINAL NOT PHOTOSTATIC COPIES WILL BE ACCEPTABLE.
THE REQUIREMENT WAS STIPULATED IN AN ORDER MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL AND PUBLISHED IN LAST FRIDAY'S GAZETTE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID PING CHAU WAS THE FIRST PLACE DESIGNATED AS AN AREA IN WHICH CARRYING OF IDENTITY CARD IS COMPULSORY UNDER THE NEWLY AMENDED REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS TO HELP SECURITY FORCES IDENTIFY THOSE WHO HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
THE REGULATIONS, WHICH WERE AMENDED UNDER THE RECENTLY PASSED REGISTRATION OF PERSONS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1979, STATE THAT THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL MAY, BY ORDER PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE, REQUIRE THAT EVERY PERSON, OR PERSONS OF SUCH CLASS SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER, SHALL CARRY HIS IDENTITY CARD IN AN AREA DESIGNATED IN THE ORDER.
THE REGULATIONS ALSO REQUIRE THAT ON DEMAND BY SECURITY FORCES, A PERSON SHOULD PRODUCE HIS IDENTITY CARD FOR INSPECTION IN A DESIGNATED AREA.
FAILURE TO CARRY AN IDENTITY CARD IN A DESIGNATED AREA OR TO PRODUCE IT FOR INSPECTION ON DEMAND BY SECURITY FORCES WOULD CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE.
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT INTEND TO DESIGNATE LARGE AREAS OF POPULATION AS PLACES IN WHICH PEOPLE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CARRY IDENTITY CARDS.
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