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THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 23, 1980
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT ANY RESIDENT WHO IS IN HONG KONG LEGALLY BUT WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN IDENTITY CARD, OR HAS LOST IT, SHOULD APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT ANY REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE NORMAL IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT OFFICES WOULD NOT BE OPEN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR ON SUNDAY, CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES WOULD BE OPEN TO OFFER ASSISTANCE FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND A SPECIAL IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ENQUIRY SERVICE ON 5-434711 WOULD BE OPERATED UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT AND THEN DAILY FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM.
THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTER ON THE 9TH FLOOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING IN CENTRAL WILL ALSO BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,
+THIS TELEPHONE SERVICE WILL BE MANNED BY IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO ARE FULLY READY TO ADVISE CALLERS SEEKING ASSISTANCE, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
HE STRESSED THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WHO WISHED TO REGISTER FOR AN ID CARD COULD DO SO ONLY AT THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION OFFICE IN VICTORIA BARRACKS.
UNOFFICIALS SUPPORT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MEASURES *****
HONG KONG CITIZENS SHOULD COOPERATE AND SUPPORT THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THE CALL CAME FROM THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HON O.V. CHEUNG, WHEN HE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL ON BEHALF OF ALL THE UNOFFICIALS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
+THE WILLING COOPERATION OF OUR CITIZENS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR SUCCESS, HOWEVER INCONVENIENT IT MAY BE TO MANY.
*WE HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH NO CHOICE, HE STRESSED.
THE OBJECT OF THE LEGISLATION, MR CHEUNG SAID, IS TWO-FOLD.
FIRST, ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARRIVE HERE AFTER TODAY FROM CHINA, WHENEVER AND WHEREVER THEY ARE FOUND, AND BY WHATEVER ROUTE THEY HAVE COME, ARE LIABLE TO BE RETURNED TO CHINA,
SECONDLY, IT WILL BE A SERIOUS OFFENCE TO GIVE EMPLOYMENT TO ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
IT CANNOT BE SAID TOO EMPHATICALLY THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT SUSTAIN THE INFLOW.
+OUR HOUSING PROGRAMME, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES AND EVEN OUR TRANSPORT SERVICES CANNOT COPE WITH THE LARGE INFLUX.
/+THE GROWTH