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Friday, December 21, 1973

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE EXPANSION PLAN

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The Commissioner of Registration, Mr. A. Chapman, today outlined

his department's plans for future expansion.

Speaking at the opening of the new Registration of Persons Sub-

office in Tai Po, he said that a long-term programme had been drawn up to

provide the public with adequate and convenient registration facilities.

"Registration facilities will be provided in other parts of

Hong Kong, such as the new townships at Shatin and Tuen Mun, as the need

arises," he said.

Referring to the new Sub-office in Tai Po, Mr. Chapman said it

was the fifth office of the department and that arrangements were in hand

to open a similar office in the Western District of Hong Kong Island.

The new Sub-office will serve the residents in Tai Po and those

in the surrounding areas of the New Territories.

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