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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987

EASY TRAVEL SCHEME PHASE THREE TO START IN NOVEMBER

THE SERVICE OF THE

TO AND SHA TO MAN KAM

EASY TRAVEL SCHEME (ETS) WILL TAU KOK IMMIGRATION CONTROL

BE EXTENDED FROM POINTS

NOVEMBER 1 (SUNDAY). :

THIRD THIS IS THE

CONTROL POINTS

TO BE

PHASE OF THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME WHICH KONG IDENTITY CARDS (HKIC) AT

FILLING FROM EXEMPTED

ENABLES TRAVELLERS USING THEIR HONG THESE TWO

ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARDS.

IN

HOLDERS OF HKIC

BEARING THE

ВВ

FURTHER A HONG CONTROL

SYMBOL WILL EXEMPTED FROM PRODUCING BENEFITED FROM THE SCHEME BY BRING KONG RE-ENTRY PERMIT FOR IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION AT THESE TWO POINTS FOR JOURNEYS TO CHINA.

THE GRADUAL POINTS WHICH HAS

THE SIMPLIFICATION IN PROCEDURES IS THE RESULT OF

CONTROL IMMIGRATION COMPUTERISATION OF HONG KONG BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN FOUR PHASES AS FROM MAY 1, 1987.

PLAN, THE

BE

SĦA

TO ACCORDING

EASY TRAVEL SCHEME WILL ALSO

INTERNATIONAL EXTENDED TO IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS AT THE HONG KONG AIRPORT, SHA TIN-MEI SHA, THE NEW HONG KONG-CHINA TERMINALIN TSIM TSUI AND THE NEW LOK MA CHAU TERMINAL AT A LATER STAGE.

AT PRESENT THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME TO CHINA IS ONLY

AND AT THE LO WU

HUNG HOM AVAILABLE AT THE TAI KOK TSUI TERMINAL IN CENTRAL AS THESE ARE ONLY POINTS WHICH WILL NOT BE COMPUTERISED.

OPERATIONAL

HOWEVER, POINTS. IT IS, CONTROL

PIER AND THE HONG KONG-CHINA

TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION

NOT FERRY CONTROL

THE

MACAU FERRY

THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME TO MACAU AT AND THE SHAM SHUI PO PIER HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE MAY 1.

TERMINAL

CHILDREN

TRAVEL ON

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID: "ALL AGED BELOW 18 AND SOME ADULT TRAVELLERS WILL STILL NEED TO

PERMITS

VALID TRAVEL

WHEN OR OTHER HONG KONG RE-ENTRY

DOCUMENTS ADULT PERSONS INCLUDE TRAVELLING TO AND FROM CHINA AND MACAU. THESE

OF THOSE THOSE WHOSE HKICS '***' HAVE BEEN PERFORATED, DEFACED, LOST WHO ARE EXEMPTED FROM OBTAINING HKIC.

ON VEHICLES

AND AUTHORISED

PERSONNEL WHO THE PURPOSE WILL

HE ADDED, "DRIVERS ARE ISSUED WITH DOCUMENTS BEARING VALID ENDORSEMENTS FOR OF PASSING THROUGH THE MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK CONTROL POINTS NEED TO PRODUCE SUCH DOCUMENTS FOR EXAMINATION,

NOT PRODUCE HKICS WHEN HE REITERATED THAT TRAVELLERS WHO DO

THROUGH

CONTROL POINTS

PRODUCE

COMPUTERISED

TRAVELLING COMPLETED ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARDS.

SHOULD

IN ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARDS ISSUED WITH HKICS SO AS TO

HE ALSO REQUESTED PARENTS TO FILL ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINORS WHO ARE NOT FACILITATE THEIR TRAVEL THROUGH THESE CONTROL POINTS.

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