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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1979
HK/AUSTRIA TEXTILE TALKS TO RESUME IN EUROPE NEXT MONTH
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CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRIA ON THE FUTURE OF THE BILATERAL TEXTILE AGREEMENTS WERE ADJOURNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOLLOWING THREE DAYS OF INCONCLUSIVE TALKS IN HONG KONG.
CONSULTATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RESUME IN EUROPE NEXT MONTH.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SAID THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS WOULD RUN UNTIL JANUARY 31 NEXT YEAR.
DOCUMENT OF IDENTITY FOR VISA PURPOSES
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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL START ISSUING FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) A NEW TRAVEL DOCUMENT CALLED DOCUMENT OF IDENTITY FOR VISA PURPOSES, TO REPLACE THE PRIVATELY ISSUED +DECLARATION OF IDENTITY+ SWORN BEFORE A NOTARY WHICH IS WIDELY USED BY RECENT IMMIGRANTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID EXISTING DECLARATIONS OF IDENTITY ENDORSED WITH A HONG KONG VISA WILL REMAIN VALID UNTIL THE VISA EXPIRES.
HE STRESSED THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR HOLDERS OF DECLARATIONS OF IDENTITY TO SWITCH TO THE NEW DOCUMENT OF IDENTITY, UNTIL THEY REQUIRE A NEW RE-ENTRY VISA,
THE FEE FOR THE DOCUMENT OF IDENTITY FOR VISA PURPOSES IS $60 FOR 44 PAGES AND $120 FOR 92 PAGES.
THE RE-ENTRY VISA FEE, WHICH IS PAYABLE IN ADDITION IF THE HOLDER INTENDS TO RETURN TO HONG KONG, REMAINS UNCHANGED AT $32.
SCHEME TO HELP DEPENDANTS OF FIREMEN KILLED IN ACTION
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THE FIRE SERVICES HAS INTRODUCED A SCHEME TO HELP WIDOWS AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF FIREMEN WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED WHILE FIGHTING FIRE OR IN ACTION AT OTHER CALAMITIES.
A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SINCE THE DEATH OF SENIOR FIREMAN HUI YAU FUK LAST SEPTEMBER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS HAVE DONATED A TOTAL OF $180 000 TO THE WELFARE FUND, APART FROM DIRECT DONATIONS TO THE WIDOW WHO HAS ALSO RECEIVED FINANCIAL BENEFITS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND FIRE SERVICES FOLLOWING HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.
+THIS SUM OF MONEY HAS BEEN PLACED ON DEPOSIT IN A SUB-ACCOUNT OF THE FIRE SERVICES WELFARE FUND AND THE INTEREST EARNED WILL BE USED TO PAY WIDOWS OR DEPENDANTS A REGULAR MONTHLY GRANT TO SUBSIDISE THEIR OTHER INCOME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE WIDOWS