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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1988

OLD-TYPE 1.D. CARDS INVALID FROM NOVEMBER 21

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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED MEN BORN IN 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 OR 1969, THAT THEIR OLD-TYPE IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BEFOR JULY 1, 1987 WILL CEASE TO BE VALID NOVEMBER 21 THIS YEAR.

"THIS IS THE THIRD BATCH OF I.D. CARDS DECLARED THIS NEW I.D. CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME STARTED ON JULY SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

DOCUMENTS FROM

HE EMPHASISED THAT ONCE AN OLD CARD WAS DECLARED

WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY PURPOSE.

INVALID SINCE 1, 1987, A

INVALID, IT

AN INVALID ABROAD

"FOR EXAMPLE, A MAN OF THE ABOVE AGE GROUP HOLDING OLD-TYPE I.D. CARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR TRAVELLING OR TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL DOCUMENT, HE SAID.

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RENEWAL

"HOWEVER, THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED THEIR SPECIFIED CARD PERIODS DUE TO THEIR ABSENCE FROM HONG KONG OR ANY OTHER REASONS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPROACH ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT NEW I.D. OFFICES, HE ADDED.

I

CARD ISSUE

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

DEALT

WITH ON

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

BE NO AMNESTY FOR

CARNIVAL FOR LAMMA RESIDENTS

AND IN SOK

A VARIETY SHOW ISLANDERS ON LAMMA WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY SHARE THE FUN AT A CARNIVAL TO BE HELD AT A MINI-SOCCER PITCH KWU WAN ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 20) AFTERNOON.

THE CARNIVAL, WITH GAME STALLS AND A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING POP SONGS AND CANTONESE SONGS, WILL START AT 2 PM. ADMISSION IS FREE.

COMMITTEE OF THE THE EVENT IS CO-ORGANISED BY THE LAMMA AREA

LAMMA ISLAND ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TWO RURAL COMMITTEES ON AS A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT WHICH AIMS TO IMPROVE THE SENSE BELONGING AMONG ISLANDERS.

OF

A VEGETARIAN LUNCH AT A MONASTERY IN TUEN MUN IN YUNG SHUE WAN, LAMMA NORTH, HAVE ALREADY BEEN HELD UNDER

THE PAST TWO PROJECT ON

SUNDAYS,

AND

BOTH

PROVED

THE POPULAR

AND A CARNIVAL SAME WITH

ISLANDERS.

THESE

ACTIVITIES

WERE

FUNDED

BY

ALLOCATIONS

MADE

BY

THE

DISTRICT OFFICE

TO THE AREA

COMMITTEE AND THE TWO LAMMA RURAL COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE SPONSORS.

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