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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1988

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OLD-TYPE 1.D. CARDS DECLARED INVALID

(FRIDAY) THAT ALL BORN IN 1953,

FROM DOCUMENTS

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY OLD-TYPE I.D. CARDS ISSUED BEFORE JULY 1, 1987 TO MEN WILL CEASE TO BE VALID 1954, 1955, 1956 OR 1969 NOVEMBER 21, 1988.

A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY.

DECLARED INVALID SINCE

THIS IS THE THIRD BATCH OF 1.D. CARDS THE NEW I.D. CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME STARTED ON JULY 1,

1987.

AN OLD

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID, "ONCE CARD IS DECLARED INVALID, IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY PURPOSE".

GROUP HOLDING AN INVALID FOR TRAVELLING ABROAD

"FOR EXAMPLE, MEN OF THE ABOVE AGE OLD-TYPE 1.D. CARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT OR TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL DOCUMENT.

T

PERIODS THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED THEIR SPECIFIED CARD REPLACEMENT

KONG OR ANY OTHER REASONS SHOULD DUE TO THEIR ABSENCE FROM HONG IMMEDIATELY APPROACH ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT NEW I.D. CARD ISSUE OFFICES.

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

DEALT WITH ON

THE SIZE OF THE NEW TYPE I.D. CARDS IS

THE SAME AS THE OLD

ONES.

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

CARDS

AND

THE MAIN DIFFERENCES ARE:

IN (A) THE I.D. CARD NUMBER 15 PRINTED ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

CORNER OF THE NEW THE OLD CARD, BUT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CARD.

KONG

AT

CREST

THE (B) THE HONG

MULTI-COLOUR BACKGROUND PRINTING.

BACK

IS REPLACED

BY

THE

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

RE NO AMNESTY FOR

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