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1.D. CARD SCHEME REACHES HALF-WAY MARK
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A TOTAL OF 935 700 WOMEN BORN BETWEEN 1947 AND 1965 HAD OBTAINED THEIR NEW IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THE FIRST CYCLE OF THE NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE SCHEME FOR WOMEN ENDED YESTERDAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID, THIS CYCLE WAS CARRIED OUT VERY SMOOTHLY, WITH FULL COOPERATION AND SUPPORT FROM THE TARGET GROUPS.
+ONLY ABOUT 17 700 WOMEN OF THE ABOVE AGE GROUPS FAILED TO RESPOND TO OUR APPEAL.+
HE URGED THOSE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD IMMEDIATELY, AS THEIR OLD CARDS WOULD SOON BE DECLARED INVALID.
ANYONE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF AN INVALID I.D. CARD WOULD BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION, HE WARNED.
THOSE WHO WERE AWAY FROM HONG KONG DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIODS SHOULD APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR RETURN.
SINCE THE START OF THE NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE SCHEME IN
MAY 1983, A TOTAL OF 2 002 700 NEW I.D. CARDS HAD BEEN ISSUED, OF WHICH 1 067 000 WERE FOR MEN BORN BETWEEN 1948 AND 1965.
+WE ARE NOW HALF WAY THROUGH THE SCHEME WITH TWO MORE
CYCLES TO BE COMPLETED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SECOND CYCLE FOR MEN WHICH STARTS TOMORROW (MONDAY) WILL COVER MEN BORN IN 1947 OR BEFORE, AND THE FIRST GROUP TO BE CALLED FORTH ARE THOSE BORN IN 1945, 1946 AND 1947.
THEY SHOULD TAKE ALONG THE IR OLD 1.D. CARDS TO ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES BETWEEN TOMORROW (MONDAY) AND APRIL 13. THE ISSUE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, MONDAY TO SATURDAY.
THIS CYCLE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY 1986 WHEN IT WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY THE SECOND CYCLE FOR WOMEN, WHICH WILL ALSO BE THE LAST CYCLE OF THE FOUR-YEAR SCHEME.
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