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SATURDAY, GOTC 29, 1983

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NEW ID CARD SCHEME PHASE SIX

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MEN BORN IN 1957 AND 1956 WERE TODAY REMINDED TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THE SIXTH PHASE OF THE NEW ID CARD SCHEME STARTS ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 31).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THEY MUST CALL AT ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES BEFORE APPLICATION CLOSES ON DECEMBER 3.

HE EXPECTED ABOUT 120 000 MEN IN THESE TWO AGE GROUPS TO APPLY FOR NEW CARDS.

ANYONE WITHIN THIS AGE BRACKET WHO FAILS TO OBTAIN A NEW ID CARD DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIOD IS BOUND TO SUFFER INCONVENIENCE AND MAY EVEN BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION ONCE THE OLD CARDS ARE DECLARED INVALID,+ HE SAID.

+HOWEVER, THOSE WHO ARE AWAY FROM HONG KONG AND WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE MAY APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR RETURN, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED APPLICANTS TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD IDENTITY CARDS TO THE ISSUE OFFICES WHICH WILL BE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY.

+ IF ANYONE IN THESE AGE GROUPS WANTS TO HAVE HIS LOST OR DAMAGED CARD REPLACED OR HIS PARTICULARS CHANGED, HE SHOULD GO TO THE REGULAR REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

ELLEN, A TORNADO, AND HAILSTONES TOO:

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IN ADDITION TO THE DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOON ELLEN, WHICH HIT HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER, TWO SEVERE WEATHER PHENOMENA WERE REPORTED IN THE MONTH -- A TORNADO ON SEPTEMBER 9, AND A HAILSTORM ON SEPTEMBER 24.

SEPTEMBER WAS ALSO HOTTER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTS, IT WAS THE THIRD HOTTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE AT 28.3 DEGREES CELSIUS, AND ITS MONTHLY RAINFALL AT 447.4 MM WAS 40 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.

BY THE END OF THE MONTH, THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FOR THE NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR CAME TO 2 659.0 MM, OR 30 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.

THE MONTH STARTED WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. IT WAS FINE ON THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 3.

/ON SEPTEMBER