SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1983
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SECOND PHASE OF NEW I.D. CARD SCHEME MAKES GOOD PROGRESS
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ABOUT 61 PER CENT OF THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF MEN BORN IN 1963 HAVE APPLIED FOR NEW HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS SINCE THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NEW I.D. CARD SCHEME STARTED THREE WEEKS AGO.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SO FAR 37 200 MEN IN THIS AGE GROUP, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 61 000, HAD APPLIED FOR THEIR NEW CARDS,
*THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE TURN-UP RATE OF 2 650 PER DAY IN THE LAST 14 WORKING DAYS.
+WE ARE PLEASED WITH THIS RATE AND HOPE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET APPLIED WILL DO SO IN GOOD TIME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE REMINDED THE REMAINING 39 PER CENT THAT THERE ARE ONLY 12 WORKING DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF JULY 9.
+THOSE WHO ARE AWAY FROM HONG KONG AND WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE SHOULD APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE IR RETURN, HE ADDED.
MEN BORN IN 1963 FORM THE SECOND GROUP TO BE ISSUED WITH THE NEW I.D. CARDS.
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THE FIRST GROUP OF MEN BORN IN 1964 THE PREVIOUS PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
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WAS DEALT WITH IN
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED APPLICANTS TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THEY REPORT TO ANY OF THE EIGHT NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE OFFICES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THESE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE BUSY IN THE DAYTIME DURING WEEKDAYS CAN ATTEND IN THE EVENING OR AT WEEKENDS,+ HE SAID.
THE PROCESSING OF AN APPLICATION SHOULD TAKE ONLY HALF AN HOUR, HE ADDED.
APPLICANTS WILL BE INFORMED OF WHEN TO RETURN FOR THEIR NEW CARDS AND SURRENDER THEIR OLD ONES.
FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY TELEPHONING 5-7956066 (CHINESE LANGUAGE) OR 5-7909393 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE).
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