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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 198

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LAST PHASE FOR MEN TO GET NEW I.D. CARDS

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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT MEN BORN IN 1917 OR BEFORE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS FROM NOVEMBER 25 TO JANUARY 11, 1986.

DURING THE SEVEN-WEEK PERIOD, APPLICANTS CAN BRING ALONG THEIR OLD CARDS AND CALL AT ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES WHICH ARE OPEN DAILY FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

THE ADDRESSES OF THE ISSUE OFFICES ARE:

HONG KONG

EAST KOWLOON

WEST KOWLOON

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BASEMENT, 151 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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

CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, SECOND FLOOR,

393 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.

TSUEN WAN

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

SHA TIN

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SHA TIN CENTRE, PODIUM FLOOR,

YUEN LONG

TUEN MUN

SHEUNG SHU

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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 HUI.

A SPOKSMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AS ALL THE APPLICANTS IN THE COMING PHASE WERE IN THEIR LATE SIXTIES OR ABOVE AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE IN POOR HEALTH, IT COULD CAUSE THEM A GREAT DEAL OF HARDSHIP AND INCONVENIENCE TO GO TO THE ISSUE OFFICES.

+THE PUBLIC ARE THEREFORE REMINDED THAT UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS, PERSONS WHO ARE AGED, BLIND OR INFIRMED, AND WHO CAN SATISFY THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION THAT THEIR PERSONAL ATTENDANCE FOR REGISTRATION WILL INJURE THEIR HEALTH OR THE HEALTH OF OTHERS, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER OR APPLY FOR THE ISSUE OF AN IDENTITY CARD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

/+IN THESE