THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1987
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TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION TO ISSUE PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS TO CHILDREN UNDER 11 AND HONG KONG RESIDENTS OVERSEAS IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR
(AS APPLICATION FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS OR C OF I'S. UNDER THE PRESENT PRACTICE, UNLESS THEY ARE APPLYING FOR BN(0) PASSPORTS OR C OF 1'S, CHILDREN UNDER 11 AND HONG KONG RESIDENTS LIVING OVERSEAS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HOLD IDENTITY CARDS);
TO PROVIDE AN APPEALS PROCEDURE FOR APPLICANTS FOR PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS WHO ARE REFUSED THE ISSUE OF SUCH CARDS ON THE GROUND THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG. THIS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD AS PROOF OF ONE'S RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG :
TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRATION OF PERSONS TRIBUNAL TO DETERMINE SUCH APPEALS AND TO STIPULATE THAT A PERSON WHO WISHES TO APPEAL WILL HAVE TO DO SO WITHIN 90 DAYS OF HIS BEING NOTIFIED OF THE DECISION OF THE REGISTRATION OFFICER TO REFUSE TO ISSUE HIM WITH A PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ISSUE OF NEW IDENTITY CARDS
THE ISSUE OF NEW FORMS OF IDENTITY CARDS WILL INVOLVE ARRANGEMENTS SIMILAR TO THOSE ADOPTED IN THE LAST RE-ISSUE
IDENTITY EXERCISE WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED EARLY THIS YEAR. CARD HOLDERS WILL BE ASKED TO COME FORWARD IN SPECIFIED GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX TO HAVE THEIR CARDS REPLACED AND EXISTING CARDS WILL BE DECLARED INVALID PROGRESSIVELY. ADEQUATE PUBLICITY WILL BE ARRANGED.
THE EIGHT IDENTITY CARD RE-ISSUE CENTRES WILL REMAIN OPEN OUTSIDE NORMAL OFFICE HOURS TO PROVIDE A CONVENIENT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. THE WHOLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS.
AS APPLICANTS FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS AND C OF 1'S FROM JULY 1, 1987 WHO ARE NOT HOLDING A PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD WILL NEED ONE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN THEIR DOCUMENTS, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO ISSUE THEM WITH PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS AT THE TIME WHEN THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ARE ISSUED. THE AIM IS TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.
/FURTHER LEGISLATIVE