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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1985

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NEXT PHASE OF I.D. CARD FOR MEN TO START

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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT MEN BORN BETWEEN 1918 AND 1923 WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THEIR NEW 1.D. CARDS DURING THE NEXT PHASE.

THE PHASE WILL LAST FROM OCTOBER 14 UNTIL NOVEMBER 23.

+DURING THE SIX-WEEK PERIOD, ABOUT 110 000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO CALL AT OUR EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES FOR NEW CARDS,+ A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

+APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD 1.D. CARDS WHEN THEY CALL, HE ADDED.

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

THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES ARE:

HONG KONG

EAST KOWLOON

WEST KOWLOON

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TSUEN WAN

SHA TIN

YUEN LONG

TUEN MUN

SHEUNG SHUI

BASEMENT, 151 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI.

AMOY GARDEN PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR, 77 NGAU TAU KOK ROAD.

CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.

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SECOND FLOOR,

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

SHATIN CENTRE, PODIUM FLOOR, 2-16 WANG POK STREET.

HOP YICK CENTRE, SECOND FLOOR, 31 HOP YICK ROAD.

CHI LOK COMMERCIAL CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, CHI LOK FA YUEN.

TSUEN WO TAI LAU, GROUND FLOOR, 82-84 SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEK WU HU1.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT SINCE APPLICANTS IN THE NEXT PHASE WERE ALL OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE, SOME MAY BE BED-RIDDEN OR IN POOR HEALTH, IT WOULD PROBABLY CAUSE THEM A GREAT DEAL OF HARDSHIP AND INCONVENIENCE TO GO TO THE ISSUE OFFICES.

HE REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS, PERSONS WHO WERE AGED, BLIND OR INF IRMED, AND COULD SATISFY THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION THAT THE IR PERSONAL ATTENDANCE FOR REGISTRATION WOULD INJURE THEIR HEALTH OR THE HEALTH OF OTHERS, WERE NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER OR APPLY FOR THE ISSUE OF AN IDENTITY CARD.

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