SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1987
THE
TIME NEEDED TO PROCESS NEW PASSPORT, CI
IMMIGRATION
THE
DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED PUBLIC THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE PROCESSING TIME FOR THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT AND HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY AS FROM JULY 1.
THE TWO DOCUMENTS TO BE ISSUED FROM THAT DATE WILL INCLUDE AN ENDORSEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT THE HOLDER HAS A HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD WHICH STATES THAT HE OR SHE HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG.
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD, ARRANGEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR ONE AT A NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE. THE TWO APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED AT THE SAMR TIME AND WILL NORMALLY TAKE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS.
"TO AVOID DELAY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED ΤΟ TAKB NOTE OF THE PROCESSING TIME AND TO APPLY FOR THEIR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THEIR INTENDED DATE OF TRAVEL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ADDED.
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MORE COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED
* * * *
THERE ARE AT PRESENT 47. NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY
PROJECTS IN HONG DEVELOPMENT
KONG AND THE
PLANS GOVERNMENT
TO THE DIRECTOR OF INTRODUCE THIS SERVICE TO SIX MORE AREAS THIS YEAR, SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TIN SAM LUTHERAN
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
PROJECT OF THE
LUTHERAN SOCIAL HONG KONG
DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, MRS WONG SAID THAT NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY
BY GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED PROJECTS OPERATED PROJECTS WERE
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN AREAS SUCH AS TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, SQUATTER ARBEAS OLD HOUSING ESTATES WHERE THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
AND
THE
"THE AIM OF THESE PROJECTS IS TO HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND
THESE PROBLEMS IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH MUTUAL EFFORTS AND BY MOBILISING COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN A BID TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIVING, MRS WONG SAID.
H
SHE NOTED THAT IN THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROJECTS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES COULD ACT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND
THE RESIDENTS.
"AGENCIES CAN