WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987
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+TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO ISSUE THE PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD AT THE SAME TIME AS IT ISSUES THE TRAVEL DOCUMENT.+
+ THE BILL ALSO SEEKS TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION TO ISSUE PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS TO CHILDREN UNDER 11 YEARS OF AGE AND TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS LIVING OVERSEAS WHO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, MR JEAFFRESON ADDED.
+THESE TWO CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR AN IDENTITY CARD. BUT THEY WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET A PERMANENT ONE IF THEY WISH TO BE ISSUED WITH A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT OR A CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY WITH A RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT FROM JULY THIS YEAR.+
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL IN THIS BILL WAS THE SETTING UP OF AN APPEALS PROCEDURE.
+ THE BILL ESTABLISHES A REGISTRATION OF PERSONS TRIBUNAL TO DETERMINE APPEALS FROM PERSONS WHO APPLY FOR PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS AND WHO ARE THEN REFUSED THEM.
+THEY MAY APPEAL ONLY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG AND THE TIME LIMIT FOR APPEALING WILL BE
DAYS.+
+THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS TRIBUNAL WILL CONSIST OF A PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, + HE ADDED.
THE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE GOVERNING APPEALS TO THE TRIBUNAL AND THE DETAILED PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE IDENTITY CARD REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME WOULD BE SET OUT IN SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION, MR JEAFFRESON SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
MAN COMMITTED WITH TOTAL ENERGY TO GOOD OF HK'
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID FORD, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DESCRIBED THE OUT-GOING PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AS A MAN WHO HAS COMMITTED HIMSELF WITH TOTAL ENERGY TO THE GOOD OF HONG KONG+,
IN A VALEDICTORY TO MARK SIR DAVID'S LAST APPEARANCE AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, MR FORD PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION SIR DAVID HAD MADE TO HONG KONG - +NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. BUT ALSO IN THE COURSE OF THE 30 YEARS YOU HAVE WORKED FOR YOUR COMMUNITY+.
NOTING THAT