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1
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1987
"THE RESPONSE WE HAVE RECEIVED TO THESE EXPLANATIONS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE. NO FOREIGN
OR
HAS BEEN
HAS
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT ACCEPT FOR ENTRY TO ITS TERRITORY TRA ELLERS PUBLICLY IH HONG HOLDING BN (0) PASSPORTS. MANY HAVE LET IT BE KNOWN KONG THAT THE PASSPORTS ARE ACCEPTABLE.
BELIEVE THAT HOLDERS OF "THERE IS THEREFORE EVERY REASON TO
FREELY AS THEY BN(0) PASSPORTS WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AS WIDELY AND
WHEN USING BRITISH WERE PREVIOUSLY
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN
PASSPORTS.
MONITOR
REACTIONS CAREFULLY COME
"THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO AND WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH INTO FORCE ON JULY 1 WORK SMOOTHLY,'
NEW 1. D. CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME STARTS
*
THE NEW 1. D. CARD RE-ISSUE
(JULY 11, AND LAST UNTIL
THE
END OF
SCHEME WILL BEGIN TOMORROW 1991. SAID THE DIRECTOR OF
IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER TODAY (TUESDAY).
UNDER THE
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR CARTER SAID THAT SCHEME, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 4.8 MILLION IDENTITY CARDS WOULD BE REPLACED.
"THE SCHEME WILL BE A FOUR-AND-HALF-YEAR EXERCISE AND THE TOTAL
THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE WHOLE EXERCISE IS $563.1 MILLION AND
COST
PER CARD IS $117, HE SAID,
"
"BY ADOPTING A FOUR-AND-HALF-YEAR EXERCISE FROM 1987 ΤΟ 1991 AS AGAINST A 10-YEAR EXERCISE FROM 1987 TO 1997 WHICH ESTIMATED TO COST $800 MILLION, THERE WILL BE A SAVING OF OVER $200 MILLION," HE ADDED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO TYPES OF
KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD CARDS, NAMELY, THE HONG STATES THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, KONG IDENTITY CARD (IC) WHICH DOES NOT STATE THAT RIGHT.
NEW IDENTITY WHICH (PIC) AND THE HONG
WHO
RESIDENTS HE SAID, "PIC ARE ISSUED TO HONG KONG PERMANENT ENJOYS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG AND IC'S ARE ISSUED TO RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THAT RIGHT,"
YEAR, A
MR CARTER REPORTED THAT DURING THE LAST RE-ISSUE EXERCISE
THIS 28, WHICH STARTED ON MAY 2, 1983 AND ENDED ON JANUARY TOTAL OF 4,081,396 CARDS WERE REPLACED.
"THE COST