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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1983

(5) SHA TIN NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,

(6)

SHA TIN CENTRE,

PODIUM FLOOR,

2-16 WANG POK STREET,

SHA TIN,

NEW TERRITORIES.

YUEN LONG NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,

HOP YICK CENTRE, 2/F.,

HOP YICK ROAD,

YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES.

(7) SHEUNG SHUI NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,

TSUEN WO TAI LAU, G/F.,

82-84 SAN FUNG AVENUE,

SHEK WU HUI,

SHEUNG SHUT

NEW TERRITORIES.

(8) TUEN MUN NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE,

CHI LOK COMMERCIAL CENTRE, G/F.,

CHI LOK FA YUEN,

NEW TERRITORIES.

THE REGULATIONS ALSO REQUIRE HOLDERS OF THE NEW CARD TO APPLY FOR A FRESH CARD BY THE EXPIRY DATE SHOWN ON THE NEW CARD.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE NEW IDENTITY CARD TO BE RE-ISSUED PERIODICALLY IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE INFORMATION AND THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE CARD.

+ IN ORDER TO STAGGER THE WORK LOAD OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THE FIRST SUBSEQUENT RE-ISSUE OF THE NEW CARDS WILL BE PHASED OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING IN 1989, + THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED. +THIS MEANS THE VALIDITY OF INDIVIDUAL CARDS ISSUED FROM 1983 TO

THEREAFTER, ALL 1987 WILL VARY BETWEEN SIX AND TWELVE YEARS,+ CARDS WILL NEED TO BE RENEWED EVERY TEN YEARS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE STILL RUMOURS THAT AN AMNESTY WOULD BE GRANTED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RE-ISSUE EXERCISE.

+AS HAS BEEN STATED MANY TIMES BEFORE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER OF GRANTING AN AMNESTY EITHER ON THIS OCCASION OR AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE,+ HE STRESSED.

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