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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1986

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NEW I.D. CARD FOR WOMEN BORN 1931

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1934

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT WOMEN BORN 1931, 1932, 1933 AND 1934 WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR NEW 1.D. CARDS FROM APRIL 14 TO MAY 17.

THEY SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR OLD I.D. CARDS AND CALL AT ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE OFFICES DURING THE FIVE-WEEK PERIOD.

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

THEIR ADDRESSES ARE:

HONG KONG

EAST KOWLOON

WEST KOWLOON

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, SECOND FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.

: EAST ASIA COMMERCIAL CENTRE, GROUND

FLOOR, 29-37 TSUEN FU STREET.

: SHA TIN 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 HUI.

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

+THOSE WHO WANT TO ALTER THEIR LAST NAMES WHEN THEY APPLY FOR NEW CARDS 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,

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE ISSUE CENTRES ARE FOR THE APPLICATION OF NEW 1.D. CARDS ONLY, THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE THE IR DAMAGED CARDS REPLACED OR THEIR PERSONAL DATA CHANGED SHOULD GO TO THE REGULAR REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES INSTEAD.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED WOMEN BORN IN 1935, 1936, 1937 AND 1938 WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR THEIR NEW I.D. CARDS TO DO SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY AS THERE ARE ONLY FIVE MORE DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE CURRENT PHASE CLOSES ON APRIL 12.