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FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1985
THE FEES, WHICH ARE UNIFORM AND IMPOSED WORLDWIDE, ARE
10 POUND STERLING FOR AN ORDINARY ENTRY CERTIFICATE, 20 POUND STERLING FOR A MULTIPLE-ENTRY CERTIFICATE AND EIGHT POUND STERLING FOR A TRANSIT ENTRY CERTIFICATE. THEY WILL BE CHARGED IN HONG KONG ALSO FROM MONDAY, AND WILL BE COLLECTED IN LOCAL CURRENCY AT AN OFFICIAL RATE OF EXCHANGE.
AN ENTRY CERTIFICATE IS AN ENDORSEMENT PLACED IN A COMMONWEALTH OR BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES PASSPORT. IT INDICATES THAT THE ENTRY CLEARANCE OFFICER AT OVERSEAS VISA POSTS (SUCH AS THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT) IS SATISFIED ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM. BUT IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT A TRAVELLER HOLDING AN ENTRY CERTIFICATE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE UK.
ALTHOUGH PERSONS SEEKING TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR SETTLEMENT OR ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUSINESS MUST HAVE ENTRY CERTIFICATES, IT IS PURELY OPTIONAL FOR VISITORS, STUDENTS AND TRANSITEES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT OUT OF THE 16 000 ENTRY CERTIFICATES ISSUED EACH YEAR, ONLY 1 000 ARE MANDATORY.
DURING 1983, 50 900 HONG KONG PASSPORT HOLDERS ENTERED THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, ISSUED ONLY 15 588 ENTRY CERTIFICATES. THIS MEANS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PASSPORT HOLDERS VISITED UK WITHOUT BOTHERING TO GET AN ENTRY CERTIFICATE.
+GENERALLY SPEAKING, HONG KONG PASSPORT HOLDERS WHO ARE BONA FIDE VISITORS OR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GAIN ADMISSION TO THE UK WITHOUT ENTRY CERTIFICATES IF THEY ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES REASONABLY CLEARLY IN ENGLISH,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
NEW DB MEMBERS. GET TOGETHER ****
MEMBERS OF THE NEW KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HELD THEIR FIRST INFORMAL GATHERING THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND EXCHANGE VIEWS.
THE 32 MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE OUT-GOING BOARD CHAIRMAN, WHO IS THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, ON PROCEDURES TO ELECT THEIR CHAIRMAN AT THE FIRST FORMAL BOARD MEETING, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED ON MAY 6.
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