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Community members joining the programme are required to attend training sessions which cover health topics like healthy lifestyle, mental and physical health.
The Department of Health will organise advanced courses for those ambassadors who are interested to learn more.
End/Saturday, November 4, 1995
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New format certificates to be issued by Immigration
The Immigration Department announced today (Saturday) the introduction of new format certificates for birth, death and marriage registrations in conjunction with the implementation of a new computer system to automate the registration process.
"The new computer system is developed under the department's Information Systems Strategy to automate the registration process and the printing of certificates with the computer," a spokesman for the department said.
"All registries located in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories will be linked up by a dedicated communications network to facilitate data transfer between offices. This will help shorten the processing time for record search and the issue of certificates from 17 to 14 working days.
"To tie in with the operation of the new system, a revised format of the certificates for birth, death and marriage registrations will be introduced. Specifically, the information particulars on the certificates will be presented in a row form as opposed to the existing column form. This new format will also apply to the certified copies to be issued in respect of birth and death entries registered before the system comes into operation.
"However, certified copies of marriage certificates will continue to be in the form of microfilm hardcopies produced from the duplicate kept by the registry...
"The new format certificates for birth and death registrations will be introduced on Monday (November 6) and the new format marriage certificates on November 20. The existing format certificates will continue to be valid and acceptable for the purposes of the respective ordinances," the spokesman added.
End/Saturday, November 4, 1995
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