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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987
EASY TRAVEL SCHEME PHASE THREE TO START IN NOVEMBER
THE SERVICE OF THE
TO AND SHA TO MAN KAM
EASY TRAVEL SCHEME (ETS) WILL TAU KOK IMMIGRATION CONTROL
BE EXTENDED FROM POINTS
NOVEMBER 1 (SUNDAY). :
THIRD THIS IS THE
CONTROL POINTS
TO BE
PHASE OF THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME WHICH KONG IDENTITY CARDS (HKIC) AT
FILLING FROM EXEMPTED
ENABLES TRAVELLERS USING THEIR HONG THESE TWO
ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARDS.
IN
HOLDERS OF HKIC
BEARING THE
ВВ
FURTHER A HONG CONTROL
SYMBOL WILL EXEMPTED FROM PRODUCING BENEFITED FROM THE SCHEME BY BRING KONG RE-ENTRY PERMIT FOR IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION AT THESE TWO POINTS FOR JOURNEYS TO CHINA.
THE GRADUAL POINTS WHICH HAS
THE SIMPLIFICATION IN PROCEDURES IS THE RESULT OF
CONTROL IMMIGRATION COMPUTERISATION OF HONG KONG BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN FOUR PHASES AS FROM MAY 1, 1987.
PLAN, THE
BE
SĦA
TO ACCORDING
EASY TRAVEL SCHEME WILL ALSO
INTERNATIONAL EXTENDED TO IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS AT THE HONG KONG AIRPORT, SHA TIN-MEI SHA, THE NEW HONG KONG-CHINA TERMINALIN TSIM TSUI AND THE NEW LOK MA CHAU TERMINAL AT A LATER STAGE.
AT PRESENT THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME TO CHINA IS ONLY
AND AT THE LO WU
HUNG HOM AVAILABLE AT THE TAI KOK TSUI TERMINAL IN CENTRAL AS THESE ARE ONLY POINTS WHICH WILL NOT BE COMPUTERISED.
OPERATIONAL
HOWEVER, POINTS. IT IS, CONTROL
PIER AND THE HONG KONG-CHINA
TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION
NOT FERRY CONTROL
THE
MACAU FERRY
THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME TO MACAU AT AND THE SHAM SHUI PO PIER HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE MAY 1.
TERMINAL
CHILDREN
TRAVEL ON
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID: "ALL AGED BELOW 18 AND SOME ADULT TRAVELLERS WILL STILL NEED TO
PERMITS
VALID TRAVEL
WHEN OR OTHER HONG KONG RE-ENTRY
DOCUMENTS ADULT PERSONS INCLUDE TRAVELLING TO AND FROM CHINA AND MACAU. THESE
OF THOSE THOSE WHOSE HKICS '***' HAVE BEEN PERFORATED, DEFACED, LOST WHO ARE EXEMPTED FROM OBTAINING HKIC.
ON VEHICLES
AND AUTHORISED
PERSONNEL WHO THE PURPOSE WILL
HE ADDED, "DRIVERS ARE ISSUED WITH DOCUMENTS BEARING VALID ENDORSEMENTS FOR OF PASSING THROUGH THE MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK CONTROL POINTS NEED TO PRODUCE SUCH DOCUMENTS FOR EXAMINATION,
NOT PRODUCE HKICS WHEN HE REITERATED THAT TRAVELLERS WHO DO
THROUGH
CONTROL POINTS
PRODUCE
COMPUTERISED
TRAVELLING COMPLETED ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARDS.
SHOULD
IN ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARDS ISSUED WITH HKICS SO AS TO
HE ALSO REQUESTED PARENTS TO FILL ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINORS WHO ARE NOT FACILITATE THEIR TRAVEL THROUGH THESE CONTROL POINTS.
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