SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1983
MEN BORN IN 1962 NEED NEW 1.D. CARDS
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MEN BORN IN 1962 WERE TODAY REMINDED TO APPLY FOR THEIR NEW IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THE THIRD PHASE OF THE NEW .D. CARD SCHEME STARTS ON MONDAY (JULY 11).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE MEN MUST CALL AT ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES BEFORE APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON AUGUST 6.
HE EXPECTED ABOUT 62 000 MEN IN THIS AGE GROUP TO TURN UP DURING THE FOUR-WEEK PERIOD.
+ANYONE WHO FAILS TO EXCHANGE HIS OLD IDENTITY CARD FOR A NEW ONE DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIOD WILL BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+HOWEVER, IF A PERSON HAPPENS TO BE AWAY FROM HONG KONG DURING THIS PERIOD, HE MAY APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIS RETURN.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED APPLICANTS TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD I.D. CARDS WHEN THEY REPORT TO ANY OF THE ISSUE OFFICES.
HE SAID, THESE OFFICES OPERATE FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE BUSY IN THE DAYTIME CAN GO THERE IN THE EVENING OR AT WEEKENDS.+
THE PROCESSING OF AN APPLICATION SHOULD TAKE ONLY HALF AN HOUR.
APPLICANTS WILL BE INFORMED OF THE DATE TO PICK UP THE IR NEW IDENTITY CARDS AND TO SURRENDER THE IR OLD ONES.
IF ANYONE IN THE AGE GROUP WANTS TO HAVE HIS LOST OR DAMAGED I.D. CARD REPLACED OR HIS PARTICULARS CHANGED, HE SHOULD GO TO THE REGULAR REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
NEW PATH OPENED FOR JOGGERS
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JOGGING ENTHUSIASTS IN TSUEN WAN HAVE A PURPOSE-BUILT TRACK TO JOG, WITH THE OPENING OF THE FU YUNG PATH THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR ALAN SCOTT.
THE PATH IS A CIRCULAR ROUTE OF OVER ONE KILOMETRE ROUND THE FU YUNG SHAN AREA. IT WAS BUILT AT A COST OF $160 000, FUNDED BY
THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD,
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR SCOTT, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, SAID THE PATH WOULD BENEFIT 250 WEEKDAY ENTHUSIASTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 150 VISITORS AT WEEKENDS.
/+BEFORE THE
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