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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1984
+THE COMMISSIONING OF THIS PIPELINE IS BUT ONE STAGE IN AN AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING TO EXTEND THE GAS SUPPLY TO TOWNSHIPS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, BY MEANS OF A PIPELINE FROM KOWLOON TO TUEN MUN, VIA SHA TIN, TAJ PO, FANLING, SHEUNG SHUI AND YUEN LONG, AND TO BUILD A NEW GAS PLANT AT TAI PO, HE ADDED.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY TO BE ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG
IN 1862.
IT IS INDEED ENCOURAGING FOR THE FUTURE THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE CONFIDENCE TO EMBARK ON SUCH A MAJOR INVESTMENT AND LONG TERM PROGRAMME, HE SAID.
ONE ID CARD TO A PERSON ONLY
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RESIDENTS WERE WARNED TODAY BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THAT THEY MUST NOT POSSESS MORE THAN ONE HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD.
IT IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS FOR A PERSON TO APPLY FOR, OBTAIN OR HAVE POSSESSION OF MORE THAN ONE HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCE, HE POINTED OUT, IS A FINE OF $20 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.
THREE PERSONS HAD BEEN FINED BY THE COURTS FOR THE OFFENCE LAST MONTH.
THEY HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF IDENTITY CARDS WHICH THEY HAD EARLY REPORTED LOST. HOWEVER, AFTER RECEIVING REPLACEMENT CARDS, THEY HAD NOT REPORTED THE RECOVERY OF THEIR LOST CARDS. INSTEAD THEY HAD RETAINED THOSE CARDS AND USED THEM ALTERNATIVELY WITH THEIR REPLACEMENT CARDS FOR CONVENIENCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE OFFENCES WERE DETECTED THROUGH COMPUTER CHECKS, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN STEPPING UP.
WHICH
+ANYONE WHO PRESENTS AN IDENTITY CARD WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED LOST IS LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED, HE SAID.
WHENEVER A LOST IDENTITY CARD IS RECOVERED BY THE HOLDER IT MUST BE RETURNED TO THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE IMEDIATELY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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