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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1985

IN THE PAST FOUR WEEKS, THE EIGHT ID CARD ISSUE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 93 183 APPLICATIONS.

+ IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 28 617 MEN HAVE NOT YET APPLIED, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE URGED THEM TO CALL AT ANY ONE OF THE ISSUE OFFICES WITHOUT DELAY, BRINGING ALONG THE IR OLD CARDS.

THESE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS.

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT NO AMNESTY WOULD BE GRANTED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THEY WOULD BE REPATRIATED ON DETECTION.

INCENTIVE IN EASTERN DISTRICT FOR INVESTORS

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THE MUCH IMPROVED TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN EASTERN DISTRICT, LINKING IT WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THE DISTRICT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

+AND THE RECENT FORMATION OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT INDUSTRIALISTS ASSOCIATION, PROVIDES A SUITABLE FORUM FOR INDUSTRIALISTS TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS AND TO PROMOTE MUTUAL INTERESTS,+ HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR LUI NOTED THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 1 000 FACTORIES IN THE DISTRICT, RANGING FROM HIGH TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONICS FACTORIES TO SMALL WORKSHOPS.

+ THE FACTORIES PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FAST-GROWING DISTRICT, AND I HOPE THE ASSOCIATION WOULD ADOPT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE,+ HE ADDED.

THE 70-MEMBER EASTERN DISTRICT INDUSTRIALISTS ASSOCIATION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, WAS SET UP WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.

MS JACQUALINE HA IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM 13 LOCAL INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTES.

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