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MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1988

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WHEN THE AIRPORT STAGE V EXTENSION PROJECT IS COMPLETED, AN ADDITIONAL 68 IMMIGRATION COUNTERS, ALL EQUIPPED WITH COMPUTER TERMINALS, WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE AT THIS CONTROL POINT.

SPEAKING AFTER THE CEREMONY, MR LAURENCE LEUNG SAID PHASE IV OF THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME AT THE AIRPORT LAID ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE COMPUTERISATION OF IMMIGRATION CONTROL WORK.

"STARTING FROM TODAY, THIS $7.8 MILLION PROJECT WILL ENABLE HONG KONG RESIDENTS TO USE THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE AIRPORT WITHOUT THE NEED ΤΟ COMPLETE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CARDS, HE SAID.

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"ADULTS HOLDING HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS FURTHER BENEFIT FROM BEING EXEMPT FROM PRODUCING TRAVEL DOCUMENTS HONG KONG IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION, WHILE HOLDERS OF HONG IDENTITY CARDS WITH THE *** SYMBOL WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO AND CHINA BY AIR WITHOUT HONG KONG RE-ENTRY PERMITS."

WILL

FOR

KONG

FROM

BUT OF COURSE ALL TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED THEIR DESTINATIONS, HE ADDED.

FOR

THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME HAS BEEN WORKING VERY WELL AT THE FERRY TERMINAL AND BORDER CONTROL POINTS.

MACAU

TO THE NEW CHINA

FERRY

"BY THE TIME THE SCHEME IS EXTENDED TERMINAL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, ALL IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS WILL BE FULLY COMPUTERISED," MR LEUNG SAID.

DB HOLDS EXHIBITIONS ON DRAFT BASIC LAW

THE CENTRAL

AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAS ORGANISED TWO EXHIBITIONS AND A QUIZ COMPETITION TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE DRAFT BABIC LAW.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF ONE OF THE EXHIBITIONS AT WORLD WIDE HOUSE TRIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, THE BOARD'S CHAIRMAN, MIR AMBROSE LAU HON-CHUEN, SAID THESE ACTIVITIES WERK ORGANISED TO INTRODUCE THE DRAFT BASIC LAW TO RESIDENTS IN A MORE INTERESTING MANNER.

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