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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991.

IMMIGRATION YUEN LONG OFFICE

THIRD FLOOR,

OFFICES

YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES,

2 KIU LOK SQUARE,

YUEN LONG

(FOR APPLICATIONS MADE AT THE

TUEN MUN NEW IDENTITY

CARD ISSUE OFFICE AND THE YUEN LONG NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE)

THE OFFICE HOURS OF THESE OFFICES ARE FROM 9 AM TO 4.30 PM, MONDAY TO FRIDAY, AND FROM 9 AM TO 12.30 PM ON SATURDAY.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING 824 6111.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ISSUE OF NEW IDENTITY CARDS WAS ΤΟ TIE IN WITH THE CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

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"THE RE-ISSUE SCHEME, WHICH COMMENCED ON JULY 1. 1987, WAS TARGETTED AT THE WHOLE ADULT POPULATION OF HONG KONG AS WELL A9 JUVENILES BORN IN 1975 AND 1976.

"THESE PEOPLE WERE

REQUIRED ΤΟ RENEW THEIR IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BETWEEN MARCH 28, 1983 AND JUNE -30, 1987, AND WERE CALLED FORWARD DURING THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS IN 32 PHASES BY REFERENCE TO THEIR AGE AND SEX, HE ADDED.

A TOTAL OF 4.6 MILLION IDENTITY CARDS WAS REPLACED DURING THE EXERCISE.

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

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SUSPECTED SYNDICATE SMASHED BY IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS

本案

IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS HAVE SMASHED A SYNDICATE SUSPECTED TO BE ENGAGED IN PROVIDING FALSE CONTRACTS AND SPONSORS FILIPINO DOMESTIC HELPERS TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT VISAS IN HONG KONG.

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THE INVESTIGATORS, AFTER TWO MONTHS' SURVEILLANCE AND INVESTIGATIONS, SEARCHED TWO RESIDENTIAL FLATS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT LAST WEEK AND ARRESTED THREE WOMEN AND A MAN.

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TWO OF THE ARRESTED WOMEN WERE BELIEVED TO BE MEMBERS OF SUSPECTED SYNDICATE WHICH PROVIDED FALSE CONTRACTS AND SPONSORS ΤΟ FILIPINO DOMESTIC HELPERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING EMPLOYERS.

FORGED

INSIDE THE PREMISES, INVESTIGATORS FOUND LARGE QUANTITIES OF COMPANY CHOPS (TOTAL 103), EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND VISA APPLICATIONS (ABOUT 1,000).

/TWO TYPEWRITERS