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+HOWEVER, IF A PERSON HAPPENS TO BE AWAY FROM HONG KONG AND WILL NOT BE BACK DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIOD, HE MUST APPLY FOR A NEW CARD WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIS RETURN, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATIONS FOR NEW CARDS SHOULD BE MADE IN PERSON TO ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THESE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS, SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE BUSY IN THE DAYTIME DURING WEEKDAYS CAN GO THERE IN THE EVENING OR AT WEEKENDS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED APPLICANTS TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD ID CARDS WHEN THEY REPORT TO THESE OFFICES.
MEANWHILE, ABOUT 47 000 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MEN BORN IN 1963.
THE SPOKESMAN URGED THOSE 20-YEAR-OLDS WHO HAD NOT YET APPLIED TO COME FORWARD WITHOUT DELAY.
HE SAID, THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN WORKING DAYS LEFT BEFORE APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON JULY 9.+
+THEY SHOULD APPLY NOW IF THEY WANT TO AVOID THE LAST MINUTE RUSH. +
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE NEW ID CARD SCHEME SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO 5-7956066 (CHINESE LANGUAGE) OR 5-7909393 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE).
SIR JOHN SEES TUEN MUN PROJECTS ******
-- WITH A THE RAPID GROWTH OF TUEN MUN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS POPULATION INCREASE OF 10 000 - IMPRESSED THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, WHEN HE VISITED THE NEW TOWN THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON; THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG; THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR T.D. ARMOUR, AND THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, MR RON CROSS, SIR JOHN FIRST VISITED THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE.
SIR JOHN LAST VISITED TUEN MUN IN MAY 1981.
SINCE 1981, THE POPULATION HAS INCREASED FROM 120 000 TO MORE THAN 210 000, AND IS EXPECTED TO GO UP BY 70 000 ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO REACH HALF A MILLION BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
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