XN000022-1987-06-30 — Page 4

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1987

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"THE COST OF THAT EXERCISE AMOUNTED TO $395.9 MILLION COS I PER CARD WAS $97, HE SAID.

THE

CARDS

HE SAID THAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO RENEW THE EXISTING (WHICH BEAR A VALIDITY RANGING FROM SIX TO 11 YEARS) WAS FROM 1969 TO 1999 AND THE COST WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $800 MILLION.

EXPLAINING WHY IT WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE EXISTING I.D. CARDS AS FROM JULY 1 HE SAID:

"TO TIE IN WITH THE ISSUE OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT (BN{0}} AND THE NEW TYPE OF HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY (HKCI) AS FROM JULY 1, 1987, IT IS NECESSARY TO INTRO CE A PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD (PIC) FROM JULY 1, 1987 TO ENABLE A RIIT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BN (0) PASSPORTS AND HKC.

VITAL IMPORTANIS

ΤΟ THE

HKCI'S FOR THE PURPOSE OF

"THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IS OF ACCEPTABILITY OF THE BN(0) PASSPORTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL UP TO AND BEYOND 1997. HE ADDED.

"THE PIC WILL BE VALID BEYOND 1997 UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY ARE REPLACED BY IDENTITY CARD ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT."

THE SIZE OF THE NEW CARD IS THE SAME AS THE EXISTING CARD. 1.E. 93 MM X 65 MM. IT BEARS THE HOLDER'S NAME IN ENGLISH, NAME IN CHINESE CHARACTERS (IF ANY), NAME IN CHINESE COMMERCIAL CODE NI MBERS (IF ANY) AND DATE OF BIRTH. IT ALSO CONTAINS SOME SYMBOLS, DATE OF ISSUE OF THE CARD, THE MONTH AND YEAR OF FIRST REGISTRATION OF THE CARD AND AN IDENTITY CARD NUMBER.

HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EXISTING CARDS AND THE NEW CARDS, SAID MR CARTER. THE MAIN DIFFERENCES ARE:

(A) THE COLOUR SCHEMES ARE DIFFERENT: BROWNISH GREY FOR THE EXISTING CARD, WHILE COLOURS IN THE NEW CARD ARE MAINLY RED AND GREEN.

(B) THE HONG KONG CREST AT THE BACK IS REPLACED BY THE SECURITY BACKGROUND PRINTING SIMILAR TO THAT USED ON BANKNOTES.

(C) THE DRAGON" WATERMARK IS REPLACED BY A "JUNK".

(D) THERE WILL BE NO EMBOSSING ON THE EDGE OF THE CARD AS IT IS FOUND ON OCCASIONS то HAVE CAUSED CRACKS TO THE IDENTITY CARD THUS MAKING THE CARD LESS SECURE.

(E) THE CHARACTER SIZE OF THE DATA ON THE NEW CARD 19 LARGER SO THAT THEY CAN BE MORE EASILY READ. THE LARGER-SIZED CHARACTERS ALSO FACILITATE THE OPERATION OF THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME.

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