18
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1987
AND UP TO
HE SAID MOST II'S WOULD BE ARRESTED ON THE BORDER, THE END OF LAST MONTH A TOTAL OF 18,564 HAD BEEN CAUGHT THIS
YEAR.
HE NOTED THAT THE FEW THAT MANAGED TO
SLIP
THROUGH
WOULD
BE
ARRESTED IN HONG KONG.
AS WE CALL THESE
"OVER THE SAME PERIOD WE FOUND 3,432 SUCH EVADERS, THEM. AS THEY DO NOT HAVE IDENTIFY CARDS WE ARE SURE WE GET ALL EVADERS IN THE END."
SAID
ON BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT, MR JEAFFRESON
THE HONG KONG THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, BRITISH MISSIONS OVERSEAS AND
THIRD GOVERNMENT HAD DONE A GREAT DEAL TO EXPLAIN THE NEW PASSPORT TO COUNTRIES.
HE SAID: "SINCE MAY, SPECIMEN PASSPORTS HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER THEIR TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THIRD COUNTRIES, BOTH IN HONG KONG AND IN CAPITALS. THE NEW PASSPORT SHOULD BY NOW BE A BRITISH TRAVEL WELL KNOWN TO IMMIGRATION STAFF.
DOCUMENT
PRACTICE
HAVE "TO DATE, MORE THAN 14,500 BN (0) PASSPORTS
BEEN
WHATSOEVER FOR. WE HAVE NO REASON
то BELIEVE THAT BN (0)
IN HAVE HOLDERS
ENCOUNTERED ANY
IN DIFFICULTIES
TRAVELS.
APPLIED PASSPORT THEIR
REACT
"BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. BOTH THE BRITISH AND THE HONG KONG
WILL GOVERNMENTS IMMEDIATELY IF ANY PROBLEMS DO ARISE," HE ADDED.
PROBLEMS
TRAVELLERS ON THE
ΤΟ FACILITATE. THE REPORTING OF ANY ENCOUNTER WITH THE BN(O) PASSPORT AND TO ANSWER ANY ENQUIRIES NEW PASSPORT, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A "HOT LINE".
"WE SHALL PUBLICISE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AS SOON IS IN OPERATION," HE NOTED,
REMIND
AS THE LINE
MR JEAFFRESON SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO
THOSE FACED WITH
PASSPORT BN (O)
THAT THE CHOICE OF APPLYING FOR A BDTC PASSPORT OR A THE VALIDITY OF A BDTC PASSPORT WOULD NOT RUN BEYOND JUNE 30, 1997 AND
ONE BEFORE THAT DATE THEY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE TO A BN(0) WISHED TO CONTINUE TO TRAVEL ON A BRITISH TRAVEL DOCUMENT.
"BY CONTRAST, THE BN(0) PASSPORT WILL BE VALID IT WILL ALSO, DON'T FORGET, BE A PROOF OF NATIONALITY."
SAID
GOVERNMENT BRITISH
IF THEY
FOR 10
YEARS.
THE BN(0)
MR PASSPORT, EXPLAINED THE
PASSPORT NEW THE WORLD AND THE
JEAFFRESON
то
THE KONG
ON THE ACCEPTABLILITY OF THE
OF GOVERNMENTS
IN 141 COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT EXPLAINED IT TO THE 73 WITH REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG.
HONG
/"A PASSPORT
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