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NEW REGISTRATION VAN

Tuesday, July 31, 1973

A new mobile van for the registration of identity cards will be

ready for service later this year, the Commissioner of Registration of Persons,

Mr. J.V.G. Mitchell, disclosed today.

He said the new vehicle in the form of a trailer complex attached

is virtually a self-contained mobile office.

to a landrover

Costing about $50,000, it will be fitted with a camera and air-

conditioning.

The trailer is capable of handling as many as 300 registrations

a day and will replace the existing 13-year-old mobile van now serving various

areas in the New Territories,

The new trailer, a bigger complex measuring 14 feet long, 7 feet

wide and 9 feet high, is now being assembled in a private garage.

The Commissioner said the trailer complex could be left at the

site after a day's work and the landrover could return to town with the staff.

Mr. Mitchell said another similar van will be ready early next year

for service in the more remote urban areas of Kowloon,

A third one, if approved, will serve Hong Kong Island.

He said the mobile registration vans have proved to be very useful

in remote areas, specially for juveniles registering for adult identity cards.

During the past financial year, he said the two existing vans had

dealt with a total of 34,838 registrations and issued 31,188 cards.

Note to Editors:

A photograph showing the trailer attached to a landrover will be boxed this evening.

Release time: 7.30 p.m.

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