MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1983
+THE APPLICANT'S RESIDENTIAL AND NOT BUSINESS ADDRESS IS REQUIRED BECAUSE ELECTORS ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN CONSTITUENCIES WHERE THEY LIVE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE OCCUPATION OR EDUCATION STANDARD OF THE APPLICANT HAD NO RELEVANCE AT ALL TO HIS APPLICATION AND EVERY ELIGIBLE MEMBER OF A HOUSEHOLD COULD REGISTER SEPARATELY.
+FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE FATHER OF A FAMILY IS ALREADY A REGISTERED ELECTOR, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT HIS WIFE OR HIS GROWN-UP CHILDREN CANNOT APPLY INDIVIDUALLY FOR REGISTRATION, HE SAID,
REGISTERED ELECTORS LIVING IN THE URBAN AREAS CAN CAST THE IR VOTES AT BOTH URBAN AREA DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AND AT THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, WHEREAS RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE AT NT DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
THEY WILL BE ADVISED IN WRITING IN DUE COURSE OF THE CONSTITUENCY AND THE POLLING STATION WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED TO VOTE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN TELEPHONE 5-270369 OR 5-270380 DURING OFFICE HOURS IF THEY HAVE ANY ENQUIRY ON THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURE OR RELATED MATTERS.
REMINDER ON NEW I.D. CARD APPLICATION
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ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE ESTIMATED MALE POPULATION BORN IN 1960 AND 1961 HAVE APPLIED FOR THEIR NEW IDENTITY CARDS SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FOURTH PHASE OF THE NEW .D. CARD SCHEME THREE WEEKS AGO.
AN IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT BETWEEN AUGUST 8 AND LAST FRIDAY EVENING, 78 300 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED.
+THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE DAILY TURN-UP RATE OF 4 606, WHICH REFLECTS CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT ON THE PART OF THE PÚBLIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE URGED THE REMAINING 40 PER CENT TO MAKE THEIR APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS THERE ARE ONLY 11 WORKING DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF SEPTEMBER 10.
AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE TURNING UP AT THE ISSUE OFFICES AFTER 5 PM, THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED FUTURE APPLICANTS TO VISIT THESE OFFICES IN THE DAY TIME OR DURING WEEKENDS TO AVOID THE EVENING RUSH.
+IT TAKES ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TO PROCESS AN APPLICATION. APPLICANTS WILL BE INFORMED OF THE DATE TO RETURN FOR THEIR NEW CARDS AND SURRENDER THE IR OLD ONES,+ HE SAID.
HE REMINDED APPLICANTS TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THEY REPORT TO THE ISSUE OFFICES.
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