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MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1981

REMINDER ON TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO OBTAIN MORE THAN ONE PASSPORT, CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY, DECLARATION OF IDENTITY OR RE-ENTRY PERMIT WITHOUT DECLARING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ISSUED WITH SUCH DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY.

MAKING FALSE DECLARATION WHEN APPLYING FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WOULD MAKE THEM LIABLE TO PROSECUTION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE

IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT IN MAKING AN APPLICATION FOR A TRAVEL DOCUMENT, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DECLARE WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ANY TRAVEL DOCUMENT EVEN IF THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN LOST OR HAS EXPIRED.

LAST YEAR, 802 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED FOR FURNISHING INCORRECT INFORMATION IN APPLYING FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE CASES INVOLVED APPLICANTS WHO WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF MORE THAN ONE RE-ENTRY PERMIT.

+THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THIS OFFENCE IS A FINE OF HK$50 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO SAFEGUARD THEIR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. +LOST TRAVEL DOCUMENTS MAY FALL INTO THE WRONG -ANDS FOR UNLAWFUL USE. EXTENSIVE ENQUIRIES HAVE TO BE MADE BEFORE A REPLACEMENT MAY BE ISSUED. HE ADDED.

CLOSURE OF SECTION OF ROUTE TWISK

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FROM 11 AM ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 1), THE SECTION OF ROUTE TWISK IN TSUEN WAN FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE YET UNNAMED NEW ROAD NEAR SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE WILL BE CLOSED PERMANENTLY TO THROUGH TRAFFIC, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).

THIS ARRANGEMENT IS BEING MADE IN CONNECTION WITH NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT FOR TSUEN WAN.

TRAFFIC HEAD ING EAST FROM TUEN MUN GOING TO ROUTE TWISK AND SHEK KONG WILL BE RE-ROUTED VIA SHING MUN ROAD WHICH CONNECTS WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD BESIDE THE TSUEN WAN POLICE STATION.

TRAFFIC HEAD ING WEST ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD FROM KOWLOON TO ROUTE TWISK SHOULD TURN LEFT INTO THE SPIRAL LOOP ROAD AND GO OVER THE FLYOVER OF THE TEXACO ROAD INTERCHANGE,

SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC FROM ROUTE TWISK TO TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN CENTRAL WILL BE RE-ROUTED OVER THE FLYOVER OF THE TEXACO ROAD INTERCHANGE.

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