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SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1985

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

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID, THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR OLD 1.D. CARDS WHEN THEY APPLY FOR NEW ONES.+

HE POINTED OUT THAT SOME OF THE OLD-TYPE IDENTITY CARDS CARRIED THE AGE OF THE HOLDER, AND NOT THE BIRTH DATE.

+BECAUSE OF THIS,+ HE SAID, +WE HAVE RECENTLY COME ACROSS CASES WHERE THE APPLICANT WAS UNABLE TO TELL OUR COUNTER-STAFF THE EXACT YEAR IN WHICH HE WAS BORN, THUS CAUSING SOME SLIGHT DELAY IN THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE.

+ IT WOULD HELP NOT ONLY OUR STAFF BUT ALSO THE APPLICANT HIMSELF IF HE COULD ASCERTAIN THE YEAR OF BIRTH BEFORE HE VISITS OUR OFFICE.

+AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THE IR EXACT YEARS OF BIRTH, IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR THEM TO BRING ALONG THEIR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, SUCH AS PASSPORTS OR CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY.+

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED APPLICANTS THAT THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF A NEW PHASE ARE USUALLY THE BUSIEST, AND IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE TO AVOID THE RUSH.

+THOSE WHO ISH TO VISIT A PARTICULAR OFFICE AT A SPECIFIC TIME CAN MAKE USE OF THE MAIL-IN APPOINTMENT SERVICE, HE ADDED. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND IMMIGRATION OFFICES.

+DULY COMPLETED FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE ISSUE OFFICE OF ONE'S CHOICE AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE PHASE, + HE SAID.

TWO MORE CENTRES SERVE PUBLIC ***

TWO MORE PUBLIC ENQUIRIES SERVICE CENTRES (PESC) HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE NETWORK OF PESC'S, PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

THE TWO NEW CENTRES, THE CHEUNG WAH ESTATE PESC IN FANLING (TEL: 0-909547) AND THE SIU HONG COURT PESC IN TUEN MUN (TEL: 0-851925), BRING TO 65 THE NUMBER OF PESC'S SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

RUN BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE PESC'S ARE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN DISTRICT OFFICES AND THEIR BRANCH OFFICES AS WELL AS THE CNTA HEADQUARTERS IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

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