SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1988
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CNTA PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES PROVIDE DECLARATION SERVICE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO CANNOT PRODUCE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTARY PROOF TO SUBSTANTIATE THEIR APPLICATIONS AND CLAIMS FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS CAN MAKE USE OF THE DECLARATION SERVICE PROVIDED
AT THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES
ADMINISTRATION'S PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY,
A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE 67 PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES HANDLED 733,219 CASES OF DECLARATIONS AND OATHS LAST YEAR.
MANY OF THESE WERE DECLARATION OF TRUE COPIES OF DOCUMENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION, EXAMINATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, HE SAID.
NOTING THAT THE DECLARATION SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ONLY DOCUMENT REQUIRED TO BE PRODUCED WAS THE DECLARANT'S IDENTITY CARD OR EQUIVALENT IDENTITY DOCUMENTS.
HE EXPLAINED THAT A DECLARATION COULD BE MADE, TAKEN OR RECEIVED EITHER IN ENGLISH OR CHINESE. THE DECLARANT HAD TO FILL IN HIS STATEMENT IN A SPECIFIED DECLARATION FORM AVAILABLE AT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES. AFTER COMPLETING THE FORM, THE DRCLARANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SWEAR IN FRONT OF A COMMISSIONER OF OATHS.
HE ADVISED THAT AS NOT EVERY CENTRE PROVIDED DECLARATION SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, A DECLARANT SHOULD CHECK WITH THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE SERVICE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
ANYONE WISHING TO SEEK ADVICE OR OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE DECLARATION SERVICE CAN APPROACH ANY OF THE 67 PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES LOCATED AT THE 19 DISTRICT OFFICES AND THEIR SUB-OFFICES, AS WELL AS THE CNTA HEADQUARTERS IN TSIM SHA TSU).
ENQUIRIES CAN ALSO BE MADE ON 3-692255.
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