NOTE TO EDITORS:
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1980
BRITISH TRADE SECRETARY TO GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE
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THE VISITING SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE, THE RT HON JOHN NOTT, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH WILL START AT 3.45 PM TOMORROW IN THE VIP PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING.
TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
PEOPLE STAYING IN HOTELS AND LODGING PLACES REQUIRED TO FURNISH PARTICULARS ******
PEOPLE STAYING IN HOTELS AND LODGING PLACES ARE REMINDED OF THE IR OBLIGATIONS TO FURNISH PERSONAL PARTICULARS TO KEEPERS OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY), UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, A PERSON OVER THE AGE OF 15 WISHING TO STAY AT ANY LODGING PLACES MUST INFORM THE KEEPER OF HIS NAME AND NATIONALITY.
+ IN ADDITION A VISITOR TO HONG KONG IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE DATE OF HIS ARRIVAL HERE, THE NAME OF THE SHIP OR AIRLINER BY WHICH HE ARRIVED AND HIS OCCUPATION,+ HE SAID.
+BEFORE HE CHECKS OUT HE MUST LET THE KEEPER KNOW THE PLACE TO WHICH HE IS GOING, OR THE NAME OF THE SHIP OR AIRLINER BY WHICH HE WILL DEPART IF HE IS LEAVING HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SUCH PARTICULARS COULD BE GIVEN BY A PERSON ACTING ON HIS BEHALF.
ON THE KEEPERS' LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES, HE SAID: THEY ARE TO ENSURE THAT THE IR CLIENTS COMPLY WITH THESE OBLIGATIONS AND MUST KEEP THESE RECORDS IN WRITING FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS. THESE RECORDS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON THE REQUEST OF IMMIGRATION OR POLICE OFFICERS.+
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