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5.
The obligation does not apply to people in
Hong Kong who are not required to register for the
most part, those in Hong Kong for less than 6 months.
However, to avoid the inconvenience of questioning and
other enquiries by the Police such persons will be
advised to carry their travel documents or some other
document which would satisfy a Police officer as to their
identity. I should stress that visitors will not be
committing an offence if they do not have such documents
with them: but, as I say, clearly it would prevent
inconvenience and embarrassment to them if they were to
carry proof of identity.
6.
Under
The second major step is embodied in a proposed
new Part IVB of the Immigration Ordinance. Its object
is to debar illegal immigrants from employment.
the legislation, it will be an offence to employ any
person who has not produced to his employer an identity
card; or, if he is not normally resident in Hong Kong,
a valid travel document, or a Vietnamese refugee card.
Existing employees will be given a week in which to
produce to their employers such proof of identity:
failure on their part to do so will provide the employer
with legal grounds for discharging them without notice
or liability for compensation. It is further proposed
that employers will also be obliged to inspect the proof
of identity of any person taken into employment from
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