XN000022-1986-11-12 — Page 46

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1986

+ HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THE ISSUE OFFICES CAN HANDLE ON SATURDAYS IS LIMITED.

+ IT IS NECESSARY TO GET THE PARENTS' CO-OPERATION IN BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE ISSUE OFFICES FOR CARD RENEWAL ON WEEK-DAYS,+ HE SAID.

ALL EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES ARE OPEN UNTIL 9.30 PM DAILY AND THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND DURING THE DAYTIME CAN VISIT THE OFFICES IN THE EVENINGS.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED THAT SOME CHILDREN IN THIS AGE GROUP ARE ALREADY HOLDING THE NEW TYPE JUVENILE IDENTITY CARD AND THEREFORE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A REPLACEMENT UNTIL REACHING THE AGE OF 18.

THEY INCLUDE THOSE CHILDREN WHO OBTAINED THEIR JUVENILE CARDS AFTER THE IDENTITY CARD REPLACEMENT SCHEME STARTED IN MARCH 1983 AND OTHERS WHO HAD LOST OR DAMAGED THEIR IDENTITY CARD AND OBTAINED A REPLACEMENT AFTER THAT DATE, HE SAID.

THE PRESENT JUVENILE IDENTITY CARD REPLACEMENT EXERCISE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER 27.

HILLSIDE ESCALATOR LINKS TO BE DISCUSSED

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MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS A PROPOSED ESCALATOR LINK BETWEEN CENTRAL AND MID-LEVELS AT THEIR MEETING TOMORROW (THURESDAY).

THE HILLSIDE ESCALATOR LINK IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FORWARD BY A CONSULTANT IN A STUDY OF THE TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS OF MID-LEVELS AND CENTRAL DISTRICT IN 1984,

A TRAFFIC ENGINEER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MR TSANG KING-MAN, WILL ATTEND THE MEETING TO REPORT ON THE LATEST PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE ROUTE 7 DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

/THEY WILL