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MONDAY, NOVENDER 4, 1974.

RESIDENTS URGED TO APPLY NOW FOR RE-ENTRY PERMITS FOR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY JOURNEYS TO CHINA OR MACAU # # # # # #

THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR. BILL COLLARD, TODAY ADVISED RESIDENTS INTENDING TO TRAVEL TO CHINA OR MACAU OVER THE CHRISTMAS AND CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS TO APPLY NOW FOR THEIR MONG KONG RE-ENTRY PERMITS BEFORE THE RUSH STARTS.

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HE SAID THAT BUSINESS WAS RELATIVELY QUIET AT THE MOMENT AND THOSE WAITING UNTIL JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY TO APPLY FOR RE-ENTRY. PERMITS WOULD FACE THE INEVITABLE DELAYS AND LONG QUEUES AT IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT OFFICES.

HE POINTED OUT THAT OVER 360,000 LOCAL RESIDENTS TRAVELLED · TO MACAU AND CHINA DURING THE HOLIDAYS LAST YEAR AND THE FIGURE MAY WELL BE MUCH HIGHER IN 1975.

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A SINGLE JOURNEY RE-ENTRY PERMIT COSTING ONLY $2 IS VALID FOR ONE JOURNEY TO MACAU OR CHINA AND RETURN TO 11ONG KONG WITHIN 6 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE. A MULTIPLE JOURNEY PERMIT COSTING $10 IS VALID FOR ANY NUMBER OF JOURNEYS WITHIN 5 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE.

+THERE IS THEREFORE NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO WAIT UNTIL JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS OR CHINESE NEW YEAR BEFORE APPLYING, FR. COLLARD SAID. +THERE IS ALSO CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGE IN APPLYING FOR THE MULTIPLE RATHER THAN THE SINGLE JOURNEY DOCUMENTS - IT IS CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN AND ELIMINATES THE NEED TO QUEUE, AND TO OBTAIN FRESH PHOTOGRAPHS, TO OBTAIN A DOCUMENT FOR EVERY TRIP.+

RE-ENTRY PERMITS CAN BE OBTAINED NOW FROM ALL IMMIGRATION BRANCH OFFICES AND FROM THE MODILE IMMIGRATION OFFICE WHICH CALLS DAILY AT REMOTER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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