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SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1986

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT AS APPLICANTS IN THE LATEST PHASE ARE IN THEIR LATE FIFTIES, SOME MIGHT BE IN POOR HEALTH, AND IT COULD 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 ARE AGED, BLIND OR INFIRMED, AND WHO CAN SATISFY THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION THAT THEIR PERSONAL ATTENDANCE FOR REGISTRATION WILL INJURE THEIR HEALTH OR THAT OF OTHERS, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER OR APPLY FOR THE ISSUE OF AN IDENTITY CARD.

+ IN SUCH CASES, THEY MAY APPLY IN WRITING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION TO BE ISSUED TO THEM, HE SAID.

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY FOR SUCH A CERTIFICATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO TELEPHONE THE DEPARTMENT'S INFORMATION OFFICE ON 3-7333111.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED APPLICANTS TO ASCERTAIN THE IR

YEARS OF BIRTH BEFORE VISITING AN ISSUE OFFICE.

+IF IN DOUBT, THEY ARE ADVISED TO BRING ALONG THE IR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS PASSPORTS OR CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY, HE SAID.

SCOUTING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG INMATES

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YOUNG INMATES AT TRAINING CENTRES WILL SOON BE ABLE TO ENROL AS SCOUTS AND PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOSTERING GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID A PLAN TO PROMOTE SCOUTING AT TRAINING CENTRES WAS IN THE PIPELINE.

IT WOULD BE INTRODUCED AS ONE OF THE HOBBY CLASSES FOR TRAINING CENTRE INMATES TO SUPPLEMENT THE HALF-DAY EDUCATION AND HALF-DAY VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME.

TWO TROOPS, WITH SCOUTS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 17, WILL SOON BE SET UP AT LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE, WHILE A VENTURE TROOP FOR THOSE WHO ARE OVER 16 WILL BE SET UP AT CAPE COLLINSON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,

YOUNG INMATES CAN ENROL IN THE TROOPS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

/A GROUP