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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1987

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS PROVE POPULAR

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES (PESC) OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAVE BECOME A POPULAR SERVICE AND WERE WIDELY USED WITH MORE THAN 242,298 DECLARATIONS MADE IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS.

THIS REPRESENTED 49 PER CENT OF A TOTAL OF DECLARATIONS HANDLED BY THE PESC STAFF FOR THE WHOLE OF 1986, SPOKESMAN SAID.

500,000 A CNTA

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ARE USUALLY MADE WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CANNOT PRODUCE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTARY PROOF TO SUBSTANTIATE THEIR CLAIM OR ΤΟ SUPPORT THEIR APPLICATION FOR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS.

DOCUMENTS FROM

DECLARATIONS COPIES, SCHOLARSHIPS

A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID AMONG THE POPULAR STATUTORY MADE DURING THE PERIOD WERE DECLARATION OF TRUE AND GRANTS AND EDUCATION AND EXAMINATIONS.

"THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE IN ALL 66 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.

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"MAKING A STATUTORY DECLARATION IS SIMPLE AND COSTS NOTHING TO ANYONE WISHING TO USE THE SERVICE, HE ADDED.

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A DECLARATION MAY BE MADE, TAKEN OR RECEIVED IN ENGLISH OR CHINESE AND THE DECLARANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE

CONTENTS OF HIS OR HER STATEMENT IN A STATUTORY DECLARATION FORM ALL PESC's.

AFTER FILLING IN THE FORM, THE DECLARANT WOULD BE SWEAR AN OATH BEFORE A COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS.

THE

AVAILABLE AT

REQUIRED

TO

OR

THE ONLY DOCUMENT REQUIRED IS THE DECLARANT'S IDENTITY CARD ANY DOCUMENT WHICH CAN PROVE HIS OR HER IDENTITY. AS NOT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND THEIR SUB-OFFICES PROVIDE DECLARATION SERVICES THROUGHOUT

DAY, THE

PROSPECTIVE DECLARANTS ARE

TO ADVISED

TELEPHONE THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES то ENSURE THAT SUCH SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.

ANYONE WISHING TO FIND PERSONALLY TO ANY OF THE 66

OUT MORE ABOUT THE

CAN SERVICE

GO PESC'S OR CONTACT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY THE SERVICE SECTION OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ON

7 CANTON

ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI,

13TH FLOOR, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, KOWLOON, OR CALL 3-692255.

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