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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1983
(5) SHA TIN NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,
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SHA TIN CENTRE,
PODIUM FLOOR,
2-16 WANG POK STREET,
SHA TIN,
NEW TERRITORIES.
YUEN LONG NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,
HOP YICK CENTRE, 2/F.,
HOP YICK ROAD,
YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES.
(7) SHEUNG SHUI NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,
TSUEN WO TAI LAU, G/F.,
82-84 SAN FUNG AVENUE,
SHEK WU HUI,
SHEUNG SHUT
NEW TERRITORIES.
(8) TUEN MUN NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,
CHI LOK COMMERCIAL CENTRE, G/F.,
CHI LOK FA YUEN,
NEW TERRITORIES.
THE REGULATIONS ALSO REQUIRE HOLDERS OF THE NEW CARD TO APPLY FOR A FRESH CARD BY THE EXPIRY DATE SHOWN ON THE NEW CARD.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE NEW IDENTITY CARD TO BE RE-ISSUED PERIODICALLY IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE INFORMATION AND THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE CARD.
+ IN ORDER TO STAGGER THE WORK LOAD OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THE FIRST SUBSEQUENT RE-ISSUE OF THE NEW CARDS WILL BE PHASED OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING IN 1989, + THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED. +THIS MEANS THE VALIDITY OF INDIVIDUAL CARDS ISSUED FROM 1983 TO
THEREAFTER, ALL 1987 WILL VARY BETWEEN SIX AND TWELVE YEARS,+ CARDS WILL NEED TO BE RENEWED EVERY TEN YEARS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE STILL RUMOURS THAT AN AMNESTY WOULD BE GRANTED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RE-ISSUE EXERCISE.
+AS HAS BEEN STATED MANY TIMES BEFORE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER OF GRANTING AN AMNESTY EITHER ON THIS OCCASION OR AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE,+ HE STRESSED.
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