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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1986

WEST KOWLOON

TSUEN WAN

CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, SECOND FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUIí.

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

3-7232442

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SHA TIN

SHA TIN CENTRE, PODIUM FLOOR, 2-16 WANG POK STREET.

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YUEN LONG

HOP YICK CENTRE, SECOND FLOOR, 31 HOP YICK ROAD,

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TUEN MUN

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

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SHEUNG SHUI

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TSUEN WO TAI LAU, GROUND FLOOR 82-84 SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEK WU HU1.

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THESE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, MONDAY TO SATURDAY.

THE SPOKESMAN 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 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.

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

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

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED APPLICANTS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR YEARS OF BIRTH BEFORE MAKING THEIR VISITS TO AN ISSUE OFFICE.

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

LASTLY, THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT NO AMNESTY WOULD BE GRANTED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

+ONCE DETECTED, THEY WILL BE REPATRIATED,+ HE SAID.

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