SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER B, 1984
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I.D. CARD PHASE NEARS END ***
WOMEN BORN IN 1957 AND 1958 WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED TO APPLY FOR NEW I.D. CARDS BEFORE 14TH PHASE OF THE NEW 1.D. CARD ISSUE SCHEME CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 22.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT PHASE, ON AUGUST 20, 51 000 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED. +TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE 12 000 WHO HAD ALREADY EXCHANGED THE IR CARDS DUE TO LOSS, DAMAGE, OR CHANGE OF PERSONAL PARTICULARS, 63 000 WOMEN IN THIS AGE GROUP ARE NOW HOLDING NEW 1.D. CARDS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE URGED THE ESTIMATED 50 000 WOMEN REMAINING IN THIS AGE GROUP TO HAVE THEIR OLD CARDS RENEWED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE EIGHT ISSUING OFFICES WERE OPEN DAILY FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, (EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS), ALTHOUGH WOMEN WHO DID NOT HAVE TO WORK IN THE DAY TIME WERE ADVISED TO ATTEND BEFORE 5 PM TO AVOID THE EVENING RUSH.
+TO FACILITATE THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS, APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE THEIR OLD 1.D. CARDS AND PERSONAL PARTICULARS READY, INCLUDING THEIR RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS ADDRESSES IN FULL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ANYONE WHO IS AWAY FROM HONG KONG AND NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN BEFORE THE END OF THE PHASE MAY APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR RETURN.
YOUTH URGED TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY
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YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN BECOMING MORE ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THE FUTURE PILLARS OF SOCIETY, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE CHEUNG CHAU SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME (SYP) HELD AT TUNG WAN PLAYGROUND, CHEUNG CHAU, MR YAP SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN ENRICH THEIR LIVES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMMUNITY BY PARTICIPATING IN THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
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+THROUGH THE SYP, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN CULTIVATE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS, WHILE SPENDING THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAY IN A USEFUL MANNER, HE SAID.
/MR YAP