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An Immigration Department spokesman announced today (May 21) that in order to utilise resources more efficiently, the following offices responsible for Immigration services and Registration of Persons services will be closed with effect from May 26, 2003 (Monday):-
i) Immigration - Tsuen Wan Office;
ii) Immigration - Tuen Mun Office;
iii) Immigration - Fanling Office;
iv) Immigration - Mobile Office; and
v) Registration of Persons - Tsuen Wan Office
After closure of the above offices, the HKSAR passports awaiting collection at Tsuen Wan Office and Tuen Mun Office will be issued at Immigration - West Kowloon Office; and those at Fanling Office and Mobile Office will be issued at Immigration - Shatin Office and Immigration - Hong Kong Island Travel Documents Issuing Office respectively. For the identity cards and certificates of registered particulars outstanding at Tsuen Wan Office, applicants are required to collect them at Registration of Persons - Kowloon Office.
The following branch offices will continue to provide Immigration and Registration of Persons services to the public:-
Immigration
(1) Immigration - Hong Kong Island Travel Documents Issuing Office
2/F, Harbour Building
38 Pier Road, Central
(2) Immigration -East Kowloon Office
Level 2, Sceneway Plaza
Sceneway Garden
1-17 Sceneway Road
Lam Tin
(3) Immigration -West Kowloon Office
M/F, Yau Ma Tei Carpark Building
250 Shanghai Street
Yau Ma Tei
(4) Immigration - Sha Tin Office
3/F, Sha Tin Government Offices
1 Sheung Wo Che Road
Sha Tin
Registration of Persons
(1) Registration of Persons - Hong Kong Office
8/F, Immigration Tower
7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
(2) Registration of Persons - Kowloon Office
3/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices
303 Cheung Sha Wan Road
Sham Shui Po
(3) Registration of Persons - Kwun Tong Office
Shop Nos. 25-35 & 43-45,
G/F, World Trade Square
123 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong
The above three Registration of Persons offices will move to three future Smart Identity Card Centres respectively for temporary operation from June 23, 2003 (Monday) to August 9, 2003 (Saturday) to facilitate renovation work in the original sites. They will move back to the original offices on August 11, 2003 (Monday). The temporary addresses of these offices are as follows:-
i) Registration of Persons - Hong Kong Office
6/F, Elizabeth House
250-254 Gloucester Road
Causeway Bay
ii) Registration of Persons - Kowloon Office
Lower Ground Floor
Tsim Sha Tsui Centre
66 Mody Road
Tsim Sha Tsui East
iii) Registration of Persons - Kwun Tong Office
1/F, World Trade Square
123 Hoi Bun Road
Kwun Tong
Immigration and Registration of Persons
(1) Immigration - Tai Po Office
3/F, Tai Po Government Offices Building
1 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po
(2) Immigration - Yuen Long Office
3/F, Yuen Long Government Offices
2 Kiu Lok Square
Yuen Long
In order to tie in with the issue of smart identity cards, the above two Immigration and Registration of Persons offices will be relocated to the following addresses with effect from June 23, 2003 (Monday):-
i) Immigration and Registration of Persons -
Fo Tan Office
(formerly known as Immigration - Tai Po Office)
Shops 405 & 406,
4/F, Jubilee Court Shopping Centre
2-18 Lok King Street
Fo Tan
ii) Immigration and Registration of Persons -
Yuen Long Office
(formerly known as Immigration - Yuen Long Office)
Shop B,
G/F, Manhattan Plaza
23 Sai Ching Street
Yuen Long
The spokesman reminded the public to take note of the above-mentioned arrangements when attending the Immigration offices and Registration of Persons offices for services. Enquiries can be made to Information and Liaison Section of the Immigration Department by telephone 2824 6111, fax 2877 7711 or e-mail enquiry@immd.gov.hk. Information can also be obtained from the web site:http://www.immd.gov.hk.
Ends/Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Issued at HKT 20:15
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