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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1986

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ANOTHER PHASE FOR WOMEN TO GET NEW I.D. CARDS

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WOMEN BORN IN 1939, 1940, 1941 AND 1942 WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS STARTING FROM FEBRUARY 12.

THIS PHASE, WHICH IS THE SECOND ONE IN THE SECOND FAMALE CYCLE, WILL LAST UNTIL MARCH 8,

DURING THE PERIOD, APPLICANTS SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR OLD I.D. CARDS AND CALL AT ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE OFFICES.

THE EIGHT OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS. THEIR ADDRESSES ARE:

HONG KONG

EAST KOWLOON

WEST KOWLOON

TSUEN WAN

SHATIN

YUEN LONG

TUEN MUN

SHEUNG SHUI

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BASEMENT, 151 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI.

AMOY GARDEN PLAZA, 2ND FLOOR, 77 NGAU TAU KOK ROAD.

CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 2ND FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI,

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

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

HOP YICK CENTRE, 2ND FLOOR, 31 HOP YICK ROAD.

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

TSUEN WO TAI LAU, GROUND FLOOR, 82-94 SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEK WU HUT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT GREEN SEAL 1.D. CARD HOLDERS MUST FOLLOW THE SAME APPLICATION SCHEDULE AND WILL NOT BE TREATED SEPARATELY.

+APPLICANTS WHO WISH TO ALTER THEIR LAST NAMES AS A RESULT OF A CHANGE IN MARITAL STATUS SHOULD BRING ALONG RELEVANT DOCUMENTS SUCH AS MARRIAGE OR DIVORCE CERTIFICATES TO SUPPORT THEIR CASES, + HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE ISSUE OFFICES LISTED ABOVE DO NOT DEAL WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED OR LOST CARDS. SUCH APPLICATIONS ARE PROCESSED BY THE REGULAR REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES.

1944, 1945 AND LASTLY, HE REMINDED THOSE WOMEN BORN IN 1943, 1946 WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR THEIR NEW 1.D. CARDS TO DO SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY AS THERE IS ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT BEFORE THE CURRENT PHASE CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 7.

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