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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1987
EASY TRAVEL SCHEME EXTENDED TO LO WU AND HUNG HOM
(SATURDAY)
PHASE II OF THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME COMMENCED TODAY WHEN THE COMPUTERISATION OF IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS AT THE LO WU TERMINAL AND THE HUNG HOM STATION BECAME OPERATIONAL.
ALAN KONG
OPERATIONS OF IBM, CEREMONY IN THE COMPUTER
MR
TO MARK THIS OCCASION, THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR CARTER, THE ACTING GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING MANAGER, MR GORDON AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHINA/HONG KONG J.F. MOVIZZO PERFORMED THE RIBBON-CUTTING ROOM OF THE LO WU TERMINAL THIS MORNING.
AT THE IMMIGRATION COUNTERS AT
TERMINALS
A TOTAL OF 10 COMPUTERS, WHICH ARE LINKED WITH 103
LO WU TERMINAL AND HUNG HOM STATION, HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, PROVIDING A MODERNISED SYSTEM TO FACILITATE THE TRAVEL OF LOCAL RESIDENTS TO AND FROM CHINA.
SPEAKING AFTER THE CEREMONY MR CARTER SAID LO WU WAS THE BUSIEST CONTROL POINT, WITH AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 59,000 PASSENGERS PASSING THROUGH DURING NORMAL WEEK DAYS.
"IT RISES TO 75,000 DURING WEEKENDS AND AS HIGH AS DURING FESTIVE PERIODS SUCH AS THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AND HOLIDAYS,
99,000 EASTER
"STARTING FROM TODAY, TRAVELLERS USING THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS (HKIC) AT LO WỤ AND HUNG HOM WILL NOT BE REQUIRED то COMPLETE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CARDS. HOLDERS OF HKIC BEARING *** SYMBOL WILL FURTHER BENEFIT FROM BEING EXEMPTED FROM PRODUCING A HONG KONG RE-ENTRY PERMIT FOR JOURNEYS TO AND FROM CHINA VIA THE TWO CONTROL POINTS.
"A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE IN IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC WHEN THROUGH COMPUTERISED CONTROL POINTS,' MR CARTER ADDED.
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PASSING
WELL
HE ALSO SAID THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME HAD BEEN WORKING VERY AT MACAU FERRY TERMINAL AND SHAM SHUI PO PIER, AND IT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK VERY SOON, AND TO OTHER CONTROL POINTS BY 1989.
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