SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1983
NEW ID CARDS FOR 22 AND 23 YEAR-OLD MEN
MEN BORN IN 1961 AND 1960 WERE REMINDED TODAY THAT FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 8), IT WILL BE THE IR TURN TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS.
DURING A FIVE-WEEK PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 10, MEN IN THESE TWO AGE GROUPS SHOULD CALL AT ANY OF THE EIGHT NEW ID CARD ISSUE OFFICES, BRINGING WITH THEM THEIR OLD CARDS. THESE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, MONDAY TO SATURDAY.
THE PROCESSING OF AN APPLICATION WILL TAKE ONLY HALF AN HOUR AND APPLICANTS WILL BE ASKED TO RETURN IN 18 WORKING DAYS TO COLLECT THEIR NEW CARDS AND SURRENDER THEIR OLD ONES.
THOSE WHO ARE AWAY FROM HONG KONG DURING THE PERIOD MUST APPLY FOR NEW CARDS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE IR RETURN.
SINCE THE FOURTH PHASE COVERS TWO AGE GROUPS INSTEAD OF ONE. THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT EXPECTS TWICE AS MANY APPLICANTS TO TURN UP.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID, WE ARE ANTICIPATING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 128 000 VISITORS DURING THIS PHASE, WHICH MEANS WE WILL HAVE TO PROCESS AN AVERAGE OF 4 600 APPLICATIONS A DAY.+
+HOWEVER, OUR STAFF ARE NOW VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM, AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN COPE WITH THE INCREASED WORK LOAD,+ HE SAID, ADDING THAT CO-OPERATION ON THE PART OF THE APPLICANTS WILL HELP THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF THE SCHEME.
MONG KOK TO LAUNCH ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN
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THE MONG KOK ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN, FEATURING AN ENTERTAINING MUSICAL DRAMA, A VISIT TO SHEK KWU CHAU, AN EXHIBITION, A FILM SHOW A COLOURING COMPETITION AND A TELEMATCH, WILL BE HELD FROM AUGUST 12 TO 29.
THE 18-DAY CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD, THE MONG KOK ANTI-NARCOTICS CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICs.
ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (SATURDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR RONALD LEUNG, SAID THE MAIN GOAL OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO PUT ACROSS THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE TO THOSE IN THE 15-24 AGE GROUP.
+THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN, WE ALSO HOPE TO ENCOURAGE DRUG ADDICTS TO COME FORWARD FOR TREATMENT AND LET THEM KNOW THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SERVICES AVAILABLE, HE SAID.
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