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FRĪDAI, JUNE 20. LE

WEST KOWLOON: CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, SECOND FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI,

TSUEN WAN

SHA TIN

YUEN LONG

TUEN MUN

SHEUNG SHUI

: 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 HUT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AS ALL THE APPLICANTS IN THE COMING PHASE ARE IN THEIR SIXTIES, SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE IN POOR HEALTH, AND IT COULD CAUSE THEM HARDSHIP AND INCONVENIENCE TO GO TO THE ISSUE OFFICES.

HE THEREFORE REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS, PERSONS WHO ARE AGED, BLIND OR INFIRM, AND WHO CAN SATISFY THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION THAT THE IR 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,

+ IN THESE 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 A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO TELEPHONE THE DEPARTMENT'S INFORMATION OFFICE AT 3-7333111.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED APPLICANTS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR

YEARS OF BIRTH BEFORE VISITING AN ISSUE OFFICE.

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

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