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262 VM'S RETURN TO VIETNAM
A GROUP OF 262 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (FRIDAY) RETURNED ΤΟ VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 145 MEN, 67 WOMEN, 27 BOYS AND 23 GIRLS,
THE 57TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
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THEY WERE
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 7,560 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY.
VISAS NEEDED FOR TONGAN PROTECTED PERSONS PASSPORT HOLDERS FROM MONDAY
THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT FOR IMMIGRATION CONTROL REASONS, HOLDERS OF TONGAN PROTECTED PERSONS (TPP) PASSPORTS ARE, WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1, 1991, REQUIRED TO OBTAIN VISAS TO ENTER HONG KONG FOR WHATEVER PURPOSES EXCEPT THOSE WHO TRANSIT THROUGH HONG KONG WITHOUT THE NEED TO PRESENT THEMSELVES IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE.
FOR
NT TAXIS CAN USE T6 FROM WEDNESDAY
USE
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ALLOWING NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS TO T6, A SHORT CONNECTING ROAD BETWEEN TOLO HIGHWAY AND MA ON SHAN ROAD IN SHA TIN, WILL TAKE EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 3).
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, NT TAXIS CAN OPERATE THROUGH MA ON SHAN ROAD WESTBOUND, AND TURN ROUND AT THE SHEK MUN BEFORE PROCEEDING TO MA ON SHAN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THE WOULD SHORTEN SUBSTANTIALLY THE TAXI TRIPS BETWEEN TOLO MA ON SHAN, TO THE BENEFIT OF PASSENGERS.
ROAD T6, ROUNDABOUT
ARRANGEMENTS HIGHWAY
AND
THE PROPOSAL WAS MADE THIS WEEK BY SEVERAL ΝΤ TAXI OPERATORS ASSOCIATIONS HEADED BY MR HUI KOON-WAH, AND THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED THAT IT WAS REASONABLE AND FEASIBLE AFTER HAVING CONDUCTED A VISIT SURVEY.
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