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PIG

PIG PENS ACCOMMODATING

BREEDER PIGS AND WITH GESTATION AND FARROWING

CRATES

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991

401.55

457.60

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FREE ONLY APPLICABLE TO "BACKYARD" AND WHICH THE NUMBER OF POULTRY IS SMALL COUNTED, THAT IS LESS THAN 1,000.

RANGE POULTRY FARM IN AND CAN BE PRACTICALLY

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SUBMISSION OF VISA APPLICATIONS UNDER IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEME

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OF LABOUR DEPARTMENT

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON THE IMPORTATION FROM OUTSIDE HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION TODAY (THURSDAY) CONFIRMED THAT LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT TO SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYERS REMINDING THEM TO ARRANGE FOR SUBMISSION OF THEIR WORKERS VISA APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE WORKERS COULD BE IN POST BY MARCH 8.

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'EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE NOT YET MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS CAN WRITE TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT GIVING REASONS FOR THE DELAY.

FLEXIBLY.

"THE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS THE DEADLINE WOULD BE EXTENDED IN JUSTIFIABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE

SPOKESMAN SAID.

"OVER 500 EMPLOYERS HAVE SO FAR ASKED FOR MORE TIME, HE ADDED.

FOR ENQUIRIES, EMPLOYERS MAY TELEPHONE 829 3220.

NEW ID CARD APPLICATION REMINDER FOR WOMEN

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) REMINDED WOMEN BORN BETWEEN 1935 AND 1940 TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS BEFORE FEBRUARY 2.

"ΤΟ AVOID THE LAST-MINUTE RUSH, WOMEN OF THIS AGE GROUP WHO HAVE NOT YET APPLIED FOR A NEW I.D. CARD SHOULD COME FORWARD WITHOUT DELAY," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

HE ADDED THAT FAILURE TO APPLY FOR A NEW I.D. CARD WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD IS AN OFFENCE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $3,000.

/APPLICANTS CAN