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A sample listing containing 20 per cent of the records randomly selected from the Register is accessible by prospective users. Application for the supply of non- confidential particulars (including the name, address, major type of economic activity and employment size class) of all or part of the listed records can be made to the Central Register of Establishments Section of the department. The information can be supplied in the form of photocopies, specially-run magnetic tapes or floppy diskettes. A charge will be levied for this service, at the following rates:-
$6.1 per page of photocopy for the first 20 pages and $1.4 for each additional page thereafter; or
a charge of about $1,000 for a job requiring special computer run (exact amount depending on the complexity of the job concerned), if the information is required on magnetic tapes or floppy diskettes. The magnetic tapes and floppy diskettes can be provided by the applicant, or by the department at a charge of $143 per tape and $3 per diskette respectively.
Further details about the provision of this service can be obtained from the Central Register of Establishments Section of the department on telephone 2582 4760.
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Prompt collection of BN(O) passports
Applicants who have been notified to collect their British National (Overseas) passports should pick up their passports promptly from the date when the passports are ready for collection at their chosen immigration offices, a spokesperson of the Immigration Department appealed to them today (Monday).
Currently, there are around 26,000 prepared BN(O) passports ready for collection by applicants at various immigration offices.
Hong Kong Immigration Department ceased taking the above applications from Tuesday April 1, 1997. The Immigration Department, however, will continue to issue BN(0) passports which have been prepared until Saturday April 26, 1997. Thereafter, all uncollected passports will be passed to the British Trade Commission.