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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1981

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OVERSEAS WORKERS NEED PERMISSION FOR JOB CHANGE

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OVERSEAS WORKERS, INCLUDING DOMESTIC WORKERS, ARE REMINDED NOT TO CHANGE THEIR EMPLOYMENT OR TAKE UP ANY PART-TIME JOB IN HONG KONG WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS RULE MAY LEAD TO PROSECUTION UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.

AND EMPLOYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THEIR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES FULFIL THIS LEGAL REQUIREMENT, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR THOSE WHO INTEND TO WORK IN HONG KONG TO OBTAIN THE PROPER VISA IN THE IR HOME COUNTRIES BEFORE COMING HERE.

+WE STRONGLY DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM CHANGING THEIR VISA STATUS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL, HE NOTED.

YAN OI TONG BOARD INAUGURATED AND CONTRACT SIGNED

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES INTO URBANISED PROSPEROUS AND COHESIVE COMMUNITIES REQUIRES SINGLE-MINDEDNESS, DETERMINATION AND ABUNDANT RESOURCES.

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE INAUGURATION OF YAN OF TONG DIRECTORS.

+THIS CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED THROUGH EXCELLENT CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, MR AKERS- JONES SAID.

+I AM, THEREFORE, PARTICULARLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THE TONG ORGANISED BY TUEN MUN'S LEADING RESIDENTS TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF HONG KONG, IS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING DIFFERENT FACILITIES FOR THE FAST GROWING TOWNSHIP.+

HE SAID THE COMING YEAR WOULD BE EXCITING FOR THE TONG,

THE YAN OI POLYCLINIC, BEING BUILT WITH A $4 MILLION DONATION BY THE TONG, WOULD BE COMPLETED THIS SEPTEMBER.

THE CONVERSION OF THE FORMER FIRE SERVICES DEPOT IN TAI HING ESTATE INTO AN INDOOR RECREATION AND SPORTS CENTRE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE. WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO PROVIDE YOUNGSTERS WITH A MUCH NEEDED, PROPERLY DESIGNED AND EQUIPPED PLACE TO REST AND TO EXERCISE.

+ABOVE ALL, THE COMPLETION OF THE $40 MILLION YAN OF TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE PROJECT IN 18 MONTHS' TIME, THE BUILDING CONTRACT FOR WHICH IS BEING SIGNED TODAY, WILL GO A LONG WAY IN BUILDING UP THIS NEW COMMUNITY AND IN MEETING THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING TOWN, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

"THE DIGHT-STOREY

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