Thursday, November 1, 1973
DRIVE TO REGISTER 11-YEAR-OLDS BEGINS
New Juvenile Identity Card System Effective From Today
Mobile teams from the Registration of Persons Department this
morning began registering 11-year-old school children for the new type
of juvenile identity card which came into effect today.
The two mobile teams will call at selected schools in both urban
and rural areas to facilitate the registration of children born between
November 2, 1961 and November 1, 1962. It is estimated that there are about
120,000 in this group.
Today, the teams visited the Methodist School and Yaumati Kaifong
Association's Primary School in Kowloon and the Tai Po Government Primary
School in the New Territories. A total of about 400 school children were
registered.
A spokesman for the Registration of Rersons Department explained
that the visits were being made for the convenience of children attending
school, thereby saving them the trouble of calling at the department's offices.
He urged parents and guardians to make good use of the special
facilities for their children so as to avoid congestion and delays at
the department's branch offices.
Those who have returned their completed initial application for
a new juvenile identity card on behalf of their children will be notified
when and where to complete the registration formalities, the spokesman said.
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