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Thursday, March 16, 1972
"You, Sir, have I know recently visited the G.P.O. and I am
sure you will agree that if the Post Office staff were 'hampered' two
years ago, they are today working almost miracles to receive, sort out and
deliver the mail as they do, in conditions that are now really very
difficult indeed."
Although the G.P.O. would be getting another hanger on the
Central Reclamation, what worried was its problems would be getting worse
before they got better, because of the extraordinary inaction over building
the Colony Sorting Office and new General Post Office, he said.
Parking Charges
On the Financial Secretary's proposals to increase car parking
charges, Mr. Salmon wanted to know whether that meant a policy of confining
the ownership of a car to the very rich by penal taxation.
He suggested three practical measures to ease the traffic
problems. They are:
• Continuation of the Colony's substantial road programme;
* Provision of more multi-storey car parks;
* The gradual phase out of minibuses.
Mr. Salmon said that Hong Kong already had a substantial and
flyovers, widening of and improvement to roads,
commendable road programme
and so on for all to see and there was a lot more to come.
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He did not agree with the Financial Secretary that multi-storey
car parks were not profitable.
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