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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBA 2. 1988

2,

"FOR EXAMPLE, MEN OF THE ABOVE AGE

GROUP HOLDING AN

OLD-TYPE I.D. CARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR TRAVEL TO MACAU OR TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL DOCUMENT.

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INVALID CHINA OR

THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED THEIR SPECIFIED CARD REPLACEMENT PERIODS DUE TO THEIR ABSENCE FROM HONG KONG OR ANY OTHER REASONS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPROACH ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICES.

THESE CASES WILL BE LOOKED INTO THOROUGHLY AND DEALT WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL MERITS.

ON

ONES.

THE SIZE OF THE NEW-TYPE IDENTITY CARDS IS THE SAME AS THE

OLD

"HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OLD CARDS AND THE NEW ONES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE MAIN DIFFERENCES ARE:

(A)

(B)

THE IDENTITY CARD NUMBER IS PRINTED IN THE ТОР RIGHT CORNER IN THE OLD CARD, BUT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE NEW CARD.

THE HONG KONG CREST AT THE BACK IS REPLACED BY THE MULTICOLOUR BACKGROUND PRINTING.

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

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NO AMNESTY FOR

FS VISITS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED TWO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ΤΟ UPDATE HIMSELF THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

ON

HE FIRST CALLED AT THE HEADQUARTERS WORKSHOP OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE ON THE WORK OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS.

MR OSBORNE TOLD HIM THAT THE WORKSHOPS DIVISION, COMPRISING TWO MAJOR WORKSHOPS AND SEVEN SMALLER DEPOTS WITH A TOTAL ESTABLISHMENT OF ABOUT 2,100, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AIR-CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS.

/ITS MAJOR

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