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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1988
OLD-TYPE 1.D. CARDS INVALID FROM NOVEMBER 21
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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED MEN BORN IN 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 OR 1969, THAT THEIR OLD-TYPE IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BEFOR JULY 1, 1987 WILL CEASE TO BE VALID NOVEMBER 21 THIS YEAR.
"THIS IS THE THIRD BATCH OF I.D. CARDS DECLARED THIS NEW I.D. CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME STARTED ON JULY SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
DOCUMENTS FROM
HE EMPHASISED THAT ONCE AN OLD CARD WAS DECLARED
WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY PURPOSE.
INVALID SINCE 1, 1987, A
INVALID, IT
AN INVALID ABROAD
"FOR EXAMPLE, A MAN OF THE ABOVE AGE GROUP HOLDING OLD-TYPE I.D. CARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR TRAVELLING OR TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL DOCUMENT, HE SAID.
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RENEWAL
"HOWEVER, THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED THEIR SPECIFIED CARD PERIODS DUE TO THEIR ABSENCE FROM HONG KONG OR ANY OTHER REASONS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPROACH ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT NEW I.D. OFFICES, HE ADDED.
I
CARD ISSUE
THESE CASES WILL BE LOOKED INTO THOROUGHLY AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL MERITS.
DEALT
WITH ON
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
BE NO AMNESTY FOR
CARNIVAL FOR LAMMA RESIDENTS
AND IN SOK
A VARIETY SHOW ISLANDERS ON LAMMA WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY SHARE THE FUN AT A CARNIVAL TO BE HELD AT A MINI-SOCCER PITCH KWU WAN ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 20) AFTERNOON.
THE CARNIVAL, WITH GAME STALLS AND A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING POP SONGS AND CANTONESE SONGS, WILL START AT 2 PM. ADMISSION IS FREE.
COMMITTEE OF THE THE EVENT IS CO-ORGANISED BY THE LAMMA AREA
LAMMA ISLAND ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TWO RURAL COMMITTEES ON AS A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT WHICH AIMS TO IMPROVE THE SENSE BELONGING AMONG ISLANDERS.
OF
A VEGETARIAN LUNCH AT A MONASTERY IN TUEN MUN IN YUNG SHUE WAN, LAMMA NORTH, HAVE ALREADY BEEN HELD UNDER
THE PAST TWO PROJECT ON
SUNDAYS,
AND
BOTH
PROVED
THE POPULAR
AND A CARNIVAL SAME WITH
ISLANDERS.
THESE
ACTIVITIES
WERE
FUNDED
BY
ALLOCATIONS
MADE
BY
THE
DISTRICT OFFICE
TO THE AREA
COMMITTEE AND THE TWO LAMMA RURAL COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE SPONSORS.
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