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Friday, October 26, 1973

NEW LOOK IDENTITY CARDS FOR JUVENILES

A new type of juvenile identity cards will be introduced next

Thursday (November 1) when the Registration of Persone (Amendment) Regulations

1973 come into effect.

The new cards will bear the holder's photograph, full personal

name in English and Chinese, date and place of birth and nationality

thereby making it easier for holders to identify themselves when applying

for jobs or for schooling purposes.

Under the new regulations, the age of registering for a juvenile

identity card is raised from six to 11 years, while that for re-registration

for an adult identity card is revised from 17 to 18 years.

A spokesman for the Registration of Persons Department explained

today that children between six and 10 years of age need no longer register

for juvenile cards.

However, all 11-year-old children and those between 12 and 17

years who have not yet been registered for an identity card must be registered

for the new identity cards.

Children aged 17 need no longer apply for adult identity cards,

the spokesman said, but he emphasised that they must register for adult

cards within 30 days of reaching the age of 18.

The spokesman said that in view of the very high number of

children between the ages of 11 and 17 years, the provision of new juvenile

identity cards would take some time to complete.

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