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The Immigration Department announced today (March 14) that the Births and Marriage Mobile Registry will be closed with effect from May 26 (Monday) and the following marriage registries will be closed with effect from June 30 (Monday):
i) Eastern Marriage Registry;
ii) East Kowloon Marriage Registry;
iii)Fanling Marriage Registry;
iv) Tsuen Wan Marriage Registry; and
v) Yuen Long Marriage Registry.
The spokesman said, "The closure of these registries is part of the Immigration Department's effort to rationalise and reorganise its office network to achieve efficient use of resources. Upon implementation, a total of 11 immigration offices, which are in general under-utilized, will be closed. In future, the network of immigration offices will be operated on the basis of five regions, namely Hong Kong Island, Kowloon East, Kowloon West, New Territories East and New Territories West. There will be sufficient immigration, registration of persons, births, deaths and marriage services provided in these regions to meet the public's demand. These offices/registries are all located at convenient places easily accessible and are well connected by mass transit systems."
The spokesman furthered that the following marriage registries will continue to provide services to the public:-
Marriage Registries
Hong Kong
(1)
Marriage Registration & Records Office (for filing of Marriage Notice only)
3rd Floor, Low Block,
Queensway Government Offices,
66 Queensway, Hong Kong.
Tel: 2867 2787
(2)
City Hall Marriage Registry
(for Marriage Ceremonies only)
1st Floor, High Block, City Hall,
Central.
Tel: 2523 0725
(3)
Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry
(for Marriage Ceremonies only)
Ground Floor, Rawlinson House,
19 Cotton Tree Drive, Central.
Tel: 2869 0500
Kowloon
(1)
Tsim Sha Tsui Marriage Registry
Upper Basement & Level 3,
Administration Building,
Hong Kong Cultural Centre,
10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
Tel: 2312 0929
New Territories
(1)
Sha Tin Marriage Registry
Ground Floor, Sha Tin Town Hall,
1 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin.
Tel: 2604 6974
(2)
Tuen Mun Marriage Registry
1st Floor, Tuen Mun Government Offices,
1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun.
Tel: 2451 3005
All enquiries can be made to the Immigration Department Information Office by telephone 2824 6111 or fax 2877 7711 or E-mail: enquiry@immd.gov.hk. Information can also be obtained from the web site: http://www.info.gov.hk/immd/.
End/Friday, March 14, 2003
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