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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1986

SIR DAVID WELCOMED THE OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS TO HONG KONG AND HOPED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE BACK WITH THEM TO THEIR COUNTRIES MANY HAPPY MEMORIES.

+AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CAMP, THERE IS MUCH MORE IN HONG HONG THAN TOO MANY PEOPLE AND TOO MUCH CONCRETE, HE NOTED.

+TO ALL SCOUTS AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO STRETCH THE BOUNDARY OF YOUR FRIENDSHIPS TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG AND FROM OVERSEAS,+ SIR DAVID ADDED.

NEW FORM OF PASSPORT TO BE ISSUED *****

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT A NEW FORM OF BRITISH (HK) PASSPORT, WITH THE PAGE CONTAINING THE HOLDER'S PHOTOGRAPH LAMINATED, WILL BE ISSUED STARTING NEXT MONTH.

THE MEASURE IS TO ENHANCE SECURITY AND TO BRING THE PASSPORT

IN LINE WITH THE FORMAT OF THOSE ISSUED BY UK.

HOWEVER, PERSONS HOLDING THE CURRENT FORM OF HONG KONG PASSPORTS CAN STILL USE THEM UNTIL REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY.

SURVEY ON NEED OF COMMUNITY TO BE CONDUCTED

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THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAS COMMISSIONED A PRIVATE RESEARCH COMPANY TO CONDUCT A SURVEY ON THE NEED OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FROM JANUARY NEXT YEAR, CHAIRMAN OF THE SURVEY WORKING GROUP, MR MAN SAI-CHEONG, SAID THE AIM OF THE SURVEY WAS TO EVALUATE COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND TO IDENTIFY NEW TARGETS TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD OF RESIDENTS.

/BY CONDUCTING