MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1983
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YOUNG MEN REMINDED ABOUT ID CARDS
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MEN BORN BETWEEN 1958 AND 1964 WERE REMINDED TODAY (MONDAY) TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS BEFORE OCTOBER 29.
THE CURRENT PHASE OF THE NEW ID CARD ISSUE SCHEME, WHICH IS PRIMARILY TARGETED AT MEN BORN IN 1958 AND 1959, ALSO PROVIDES A LAST CHANCE FOR THE OTHER AGE GROUPS TO APPLY FOR NEW CARDS BEFORE THE IR OLD ONES BECOME INVALID.
THEY SHOULD BRING WITH THEM THEIR OLD ID CARDS AND CALL AT ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9.30 PM, MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WARNED THAT ANYONE WITHIN THESE AGE BRACKETS FOUND TO BE HOLDING AN OLD ID CARD AFTER IT HAS BEEN DECLARED INVALID WILL BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THOSE LIVING IN THE REMOTE PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE A VISITING SERVICE EARLY NEXT MONTH (OCTOBER) WHEN MOBILE OFFICES WILL BE SET UP IN SAI KUNG, CHEUNG CHAU, MUI WO AND LAMMA ISLAND.
+THE AIM OF THE SERVICE IS TO SAVE RESIDENTS THE TROUBLE OF MAKING LONG JOURNEYS TO THE ISSUE OFFICES IN THE URBAN AREAS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
CONSIDERATION
+SHOULD THE SERVICE PROVE USEFUL AND PRACTICABLE WILL BE GIVEN TO EXTENDING IT TO OTHER PHASES OF THE SCHEME HE ADDED.
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THE MOBILE TEAMS IN SAI KUNG AND CHEUNG CHAU WILL OPERATE SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICE IN MAN NIN STREET, SAI KUNG AND THE CHEUNG CHAU DISTRICT FIELD OFFICE IN KWUN YAM WÂN ROAD, CHEUNG CHAU BETWEEN OCTOBER 3 AND 24. THE TEAM IN MUI WO WILL BE STATIONED AT THE MUI WO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICE, LANTAO BETWEEN OCTOBER 3 AND 17, WHILE THE ONE ON LAMMA ISLAND WILL BE AT THE NORTH LAMMA RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE BETWEEN OCTOBER 18 AND 24. THESE OFFICES WILL OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 1 PM AND FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM, MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS.
LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO MAKE USE OF THE SERVICE SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR OLD ID CARDS WHEN VISITING THE OFFICES.
DETAILS OF THE SERVICE ARE BEING PUBLICISED THROUGH THE DISTRICT OFFICES, RURAL COMMITTEES AND THROUGH THE CIVILIAN INFORMATION TEAM OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION. ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING 5-8393221.
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