SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1984
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MEN REMINDED ABOUT NEW 1.D. CARDS
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MEN BORN IN 1948, 1949 AND 1965 ARE REMINDED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THEY HAVE 12 MORE DAYS TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS.
AN IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SINCE THE TH PHASE OF THE NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE SCHEME BEGAN ON MARCH 12, E 124 100 MEN IN THE AGE GROUPS HAVE APPLIED FOR THE CARDS, LEAVING ABOUT 25 100 YET TO APPLY BY APRIL 19.
THE END OF THE TENTH PHASE ALSO MARKS THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST MALE CYCLE OF THE SCHEME. BY THEN, ALL MEN BORN BETWEEN 1948 AND 1965, INCLUDING GREEN-SEAL CARD HOLDERS, SHOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR NEW CARDS.
ANYONE FOUND WITH AN INVALID CARD WILL BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.
+HOWEVER, THOSE WHO MISSED THEIR TURN TO APPLY FOR NEW CARDS BECAUSE THEY WERE AWAY FROM HONG KONG DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIODS MAY APPROACH ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR RETURN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE NEXT PHASE OF THE NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE SCHEME WILL BE TARGETED AT WOMEN BORN IN 1963, 1964 AND 1965.
MEN BORN IN 1947 OR BEFORE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEIR TURN WHEN THE SECOND MALE CYCLE BEGINS NEXT YEAR.
600 000 TREE SEEDLINGS BEING PLANTED
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MORE THAN 600 000 TREE SEEDLINGS WILL BE PLANTED THIS YEAR IN COUNTRY PARKS, NEW TOWNS, HOUSING ESTATES AND ALONG HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
THE SEEDLINGS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO MAKE HONG KONG A NICER AND GREENER PLACE, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY IN THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME, BEFORE LEADING A PARTY OF GUESTS TO PLANT THE FIRST BATCH OF SEEDLINGS.
RECALLING THAT