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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1985

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11 MORE DAYS FOR NEW I.D. CARDS

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MEN BORN IN 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 AND 1928 WERE REMINDED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR NEW I.D. CARDS BY OCTOBER 12.

+SINCE MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 30) IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, THERE ARE ONLY 11 WORKING DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE END OF THIS PHASE,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS, THE EIGHT NEW 1.D. CARD ISSUE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 78 099 APPLICATIONS.

THE SPOKESMAN ESTIMATED THAT 42 801 MEN HAD NOT YET APPLIED.

HE ADVISED THE MEN TO APPLY FOR THE NEW CARDS WITHOUT DELAY.

+THEY MAY TELEPHONE THE OFFICE OF THEIR CHOICE TO OBTAIN AN APPOINTMENT BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, AND BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON ON SATURDAY, HE SAID.

APPLICANTS WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE SUCH PERSONAL PARTICULARS AS NAME, .D. CARD NUMBER AND YEAR OF BIRTH TO COMPLETE THE BOOK ING PROCEDURE, HE SAID,

THE ADDRESSES OF THE ISSUE OFFICES AND THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR BOOK ING APPOINTMENT ARE:

HONG KONG

: BASEMENT, 151 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN 5-747070

CHAI.

: VAMOY GARDEN PLAZA, 2ND FLOOR, 77

NGAU TAU KOK ROAD.

3-7553679

: CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 2ND 3-7232442

FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI

GROUND 0-4981259

EAST KOWLOON

WEST KOWLOON

TSUEN WAN

• EAST ASIA COMMERCIAL CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, 29-37 TSUEN FU STREET.

SHA TIN

: SHA TIN CENTRE, PODIUM FLOOR, 2-16

WANG POK STREET.

0-6059130

YUEN LONG

: HOP YICK CENTRE, 2ND FLOOR, 31 HOP

YICK ROAD.

0-793291

TUEN MUN

: CHI LOK COMMERCIAL CENTRE, GROUND

FLOOR, CHI LOK FA YUEN.

0-862562

SHEUNG SHUI

: TSUEN WO TAI LAU, GROUND FLOOR,

82-84 SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEK WU HUI.

0-927155

THE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

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