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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985

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1.D. CARD REMINDER FOR WOMEN

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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT 330 000 OLD IDENTITY CARDS BELONGING TO WOMEN BORN BETWEEN 1947 AND 1954 WILL CEASE TO BE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AS FROM MAY 5.

THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH BATCH OF OLD I.D. CARDS TO BE DECLARED INVALID SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE RE-ISSUE SCHEME.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT OVER 99 PER CENT OF THE WOMEN IN THESE AGE GROUPS HAD ALREADY OBTAINED NEW 1.D. CARDS.

THOSE WOMEN WHO MISSED THE IR TURN HAD A LAST CHANCE TO APPLY NOW. HOWEVER

HOWEVER, APPLICATION MUST BE MADE BEFORE THE INVALIDATION DATE, HE SAID.

APPLICANTS SHOULD BRING ALONG THE IR OLD I.D. CARDS AND CALL AT ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9.30 PM FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY.

HOLDERS OF OLD 1.D. CARDS WILL SUFFER A LOT OF INCONVENIENCE AFTER THE INVALIDATION DATE. FOR INSTANCE, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A HONG KONG RE-ENTRY PERMIT WITH THEIR OLD I.D. CARDS AFTER THE INVALIDATION DATE.

THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT FAILURE TO APPLY FOR A NEW I.D. CARD WITHIN THE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN A GOVERNOR'S ORDER WAS AN OFFENCE. DEFAULTERS ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND A MAXIMUM FINE OF $3 000.

HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

+ONCE DETECTED, THEY WILL BE REPATRIATED IMMEDIATELY, HE SAID.

FIREMEN REMINDED TO BE COURTEOUS, UNDERSTANDING

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THE ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR KEN HODGKINS, TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED A GROUP OF NEWLY GRADUATED FIREMEN TO BE COURTEOUS AND UNDERSTANDING, PARTICULARLY TO THOSE IN DISTRESS.

+YOU ARE A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC, A PUBLIC WHO LOOKS UP TO YOU, WHO TRUSTS YOU, AND CALLS UPON YOUR PROFESSIONAL ABILITY IN TIMES OF NEED AND DISTRESS, + MR HODGKINS SAID WHEN ADDRESSING A PASSING OUT PARADE OF THREE SQUADS OF FIREMEN AT THE FIRE SERVICES PAT HEUNG TRAINING SCHOOL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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