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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989

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CLOSURE OF POST OFFICE AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD

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THE TSUEN WAN POST OFFICE LOCATED AT 407 CASTLE PEAK ROAD BE CLOSED DOWN AT THE END OF BUSINESS AT 1 PM ON NOVEMBER 11, THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID THE THE EXPIRY OF THE LEASE FOR THE PREMISES.

CLOSURE WAS DUE ΤΟ

OFFICE SHOULD GO TO

"CUSTOMERS WHO NORMALLY VISIT THIS POST THE TSUEN WING STREET POST OFFICE, WHICH IS THE NEAREST POST OFFICE IN THE AREA.

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"ITS ADDRESS IS 18-32 TSUEN WING STREET, HE SAID.

"THE POST OFFICE REGRETS ANY INCONVENIENCE THAT MAY BE CAUSED TO CUSTOMERS IN THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT, HE ADDED.

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OLD-TYPE IDENTITY CARDS INVALID AS FROM NOVEMBER 6

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WOMEN BORN THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED

1956 THAT THEIR OLD-TYPE IDENTITY BETWEEN 1951 AND

CARDS ISSUED BEFORE JULY 1, 1987, WILL CEASE TO BE VALID DOCUMENTS FROM NOVEMBER 6.

IDENTITY

A

CARDS DECLARED INVALID "THIS IS THE SIXTH BATCH OF SINCE THE NEW IDENTITY CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME STARTED IN JULY, 1987, SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

HE EMPHASISED THAT ONCE AN OLD CARD WAS WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY PURPOSE.

DECLARED

INVALID, IT

AN INVALID "FOR EXAMPLE, WOMEN OF THE ABOVE AGE GROUP HOLDING

ABLE TO USE IT FOR TRAVELLING OLD-TYPE IDENTITY CARD WILL NOT BE ABROAD OR TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL DOCUMENT.

"HOWEVER,

THOSE

CARD ANY OTHER IDENTITY

WHO HAVE MISSED THEIR SPECIFIED REPLACEMENT PERIODS DUE TO THEIR ABSENCE FROM HONG KONG OR REASONS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPROACH ANY ONE OF THE RIGHT NEW CARD ISSUE OFFICES, HE ADDED.

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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

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