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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1986

+ONCE AN OLD CARD IS DECLARED INVALID, IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY PURPOSE+ HE SAID.

+FOR INSTANCE, WOMEN OF THE ABOVE AGE GROUP STILL HOLDING THE OLD TYPE CARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL DOCUMENT AFTER SEPTEMBER 29, + HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE AWAY FROM HONG KONG, AND HAD MISSED THEIR RESPECTIVE NEW ID CARD PHASE, SHOULD APPLY FOR THE NEW CARD WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR RETURN.

EX-GRATIA PAYMENT RATES UNCHANGED *****

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT EX-GRATIA PAYMENT RATES FOR LAND RESUMED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME AS FOR THE PREVIOUS SIX-MONTH PERIOD.

THE RATES, WHICH COME INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1, WILL BE $51,60 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND AND $93.60 FOR BUILDING LAND.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THE NEW CURRENCY VALUES OF NEW TERRITORIES LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS (LETTERS A/B) TO COME INTO EFFECT ON THE SAME DATE.

A SPOKESMAN SAID THE VALUES REPRESENTED AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF TWO PER CENT ON PRESENT VALUES FOR ENTITLEMENTS ISSUED BEFORE OCTOBER 1978, AND MINOR DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS HAD BEEN MADE FOR THOSE ISSUED AFTER THAT DATE.

MP SEES KWUN TONG DEVELOPMENT *****

THE VISITING LABOUR MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT, MR GEORGE ROBERTSON, TOURED KWUN TONG TODAY (THURSDAY) TO LEARN ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR KEVIN MAK, AND THE ACTING KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG,

/MR ROBERTSON