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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1984

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WOMEN REMINDED ABOUT I.D. CARDS

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WOMEN BORN IN 1959 AND 1960 WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED TO APPLY FOR NEW I.D. CARDS BEFORE THE 13TH PHASE CLOSES ON AUGUST 18.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SINCE THE START OF THIS PHASE ON JULY 16, 67 000 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED, LEAVING 52 000 MORE TO COME IN THE REMAINING TWO WEEKS.

APPLICANTS WERE REMINDED TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD 1.D. CARDS WHEN THEY VISIT ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES WHICH ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY.

+THE ISSUE OFFICES USUALLY GET BUSIER AFTER OFFICE HOURS. THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE TO WORK IN DAY TIME ARE ADVISED TO COME BEFORE 5 PM, SO THAT THE IR APPLICATIONS CAN BE PROMPTLY PROCESSED, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PROCESSING NORMALLY TAKES 30 MINUTES.

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

+ONCE DETECTED, THEY ARE REPATRIATED IMMEDIATELY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

NO LET-UP IN ANTI-DRUG DRIVE

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THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) WILL BE KEEPING UP ITS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY EFFORTS, THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN DRUGS.

TOWARDS THIS END, ACAN WILL BE JOINING RTHK TO PRODUCE A 13-EPISODE DRUG EDUCATION RADIO PROGRAMME AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

EACH 30-MINUTE EPISODE WILL DRAMATICALLY DESCRIBE THE ILL EFFECTS OF DRUGS, AND WILL HAVE THE SAME NAME OF THE 1984-85 ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME SONG: +PICKING A STAR+,

THE SERIES