FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER
HE ALSO WARNED THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS FOR A PERSON TO APPLY FOR. OBTAIN OR HAS POSSESSION OF MORE THAN ONE HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS AND THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS A FINE OF $20 000 AND IMPRISONMENT OF TWO YEARS,
**E ARE OF COURSE CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEONE GETTING AN EXTRA IDENTITY CARD FOR USE BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, + HE ADDED.
THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN STEPPING UP ITS
ANYONE WHO PRESENTS AN IDENTITY CHECKS THROUGH THE COMPUTER. CARD WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED LOST IS LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED.
+WHENEVER A LOST IDENTITY CARD IS RECOVERED BY THE HOLDER, IT MUST BE RETURNED TO THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HONG KONG LINKS WITH CANADA HAILED
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HONG KONG'S SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTH AMERICA, BILL DORWARD YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE STRONG LINKS BETWEEN THE TERRITORY AND CANADA IN A SPEECH IN MONTREAL,
SPEAKING TO THE HONG KONG-CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, MR DORWARD SAID THAT TRADE AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO WENT BACK MORE THAN A CENTURY, AND HAD GROWN TO THE POINT WHERE HONG KONG WAS NOW CANADA'S SEVENTH LARGEST TRADING PARTNER.
HE SAID THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT TWO PLACES LESS SIMILAR THAN HONG KONG AND CANADA WOULD BE HARD TO IMAGINE, CROSS CULTURAL LINKS WERE STRONG, WITH THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION CANADIANS WITH ROOTS IN HONG KONG CONTRIBUTING THE IR SKILL AND VITALITY TO THE CANADIAN MOSAIC.
MR DORWARD ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE 12 000 STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG ENROLLED IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.
+NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THIS ELEMENT WHEN YOU THINK OF CANADA'S FUTURE PROSPECTS IN ASIA. IT MEANS THAT IN KEY POSITIONS IN HONG KONG, AMONG THE EDUCATED ELITE, THERE ARE MANY WHO REGARD CANADA AS THEIR SECOND HOME AND WHO WILL WORK TO FURTHER ITS INTEREST,+ HE SAID,
CANADA'S PRESENCE IN HONG KONG WAS ALSO STRONG, WITH FIVE OF ITS BANKS FIRMLY REPRESENTED IN THE TERRITORY, REGULAR AIR LINKS, AND A COMMISSION WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND ACTIVE IN ALL SPHERES OF REPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY IN TRADE PROMOTION,+ MR DORWARD SAID.
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