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Tuesday, January 9, 1973

MOBILE REGISTRATION TEAM POPULAR

The mobile registration team of the Registration of Persons

Department has proved to be very popular among residents of the New

Territories, the outlying islands, and various housing estates in the

urban areas.

In the past nine months, the mobile registration team in the

New Territories handled 12,075 applications for juvenile identity cards

and 15,751 applications for adult identity cards. This included 397

applications for adult identity cards and 2,650 applications for juvenile

identity cards received from residents of outlying islands.

The mobile registration team in the urban areas registered

750 people for adult identity cards and 6,763 children for juvenile

identity cards during the same period.

A spokesman for the Registration of Persons Department said

today: "Members of the public have shown that they appreciate the

services provided by the mobile registration teams, and the cooperation

of local kaifong associations and rural 'committees in the New Territories

is particularly encouraging."

The length of a mobile registration team's stay in one place

depends on the needs of the local population, but generally ranges from

a few days to one week, Its work is divided into two parts the

registration of applicants and the distribution of documents after processing.

The spokesman

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