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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1987

AND UP TO

HE SAID MOST II'S WOULD BE ARRESTED ON THE BORDER, THE END OF LAST MONTH A TOTAL OF 18,564 HAD BEEN CAUGHT THIS

YEAR.

HE NOTED THAT THE FEW THAT MANAGED TO

SLIP

THROUGH

WOULD

BE

ARRESTED IN HONG KONG.

AS WE CALL THESE

"OVER THE SAME PERIOD WE FOUND 3,432 SUCH EVADERS, THEM. AS THEY DO NOT HAVE IDENTIFY CARDS WE ARE SURE WE GET ALL EVADERS IN THE END."

SAID

ON BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT, MR JEAFFRESON

THE HONG KONG THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, BRITISH MISSIONS OVERSEAS AND

THIRD GOVERNMENT HAD DONE A GREAT DEAL TO EXPLAIN THE NEW PASSPORT TO COUNTRIES.

HE SAID: "SINCE MAY, SPECIMEN PASSPORTS HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER THEIR TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THIRD COUNTRIES, BOTH IN HONG KONG AND IN CAPITALS. THE NEW PASSPORT SHOULD BY NOW BE A BRITISH TRAVEL WELL KNOWN TO IMMIGRATION STAFF.

DOCUMENT

PRACTICE

HAVE "TO DATE, MORE THAN 14,500 BN (0) PASSPORTS

BEEN

WHATSOEVER FOR. WE HAVE NO REASON

то BELIEVE THAT BN (0)

IN HAVE HOLDERS

ENCOUNTERED ANY

IN DIFFICULTIES

TRAVELS.

APPLIED PASSPORT THEIR

REACT

"BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. BOTH THE BRITISH AND THE HONG KONG

WILL GOVERNMENTS IMMEDIATELY IF ANY PROBLEMS DO ARISE," HE ADDED.

PROBLEMS

TRAVELLERS ON THE

ΤΟ FACILITATE. THE REPORTING OF ANY ENCOUNTER WITH THE BN(O) PASSPORT AND TO ANSWER ANY ENQUIRIES NEW PASSPORT, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A "HOT LINE".

"WE SHALL PUBLICISE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AS SOON IS IN OPERATION," HE NOTED,

REMIND

AS THE LINE

MR JEAFFRESON SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO

THOSE FACED WITH

PASSPORT BN (O)

THAT THE CHOICE OF APPLYING FOR A BDTC PASSPORT OR A THE VALIDITY OF A BDTC PASSPORT WOULD NOT RUN BEYOND JUNE 30, 1997 AND

ONE BEFORE THAT DATE THEY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE TO A BN(0) WISHED TO CONTINUE TO TRAVEL ON A BRITISH TRAVEL DOCUMENT.

"BY CONTRAST, THE BN(0) PASSPORT WILL BE VALID IT WILL ALSO, DON'T FORGET, BE A PROOF OF NATIONALITY."

SAID

GOVERNMENT BRITISH

IF THEY

FOR 10

YEARS.

THE BN(0)

MR PASSPORT, EXPLAINED THE

PASSPORT NEW THE WORLD AND THE

JEAFFRESON

то

THE KONG

ON THE ACCEPTABLILITY OF THE

OF GOVERNMENTS

IN 141 COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT EXPLAINED IT TO THE 73 WITH REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG.

HONG

/"A PASSPORT

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