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Friday, June 22, 1973
SOPHISTICATED MAIL HANDLING SYSTEM FOR NEW POST OFFICES
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A $15 million handling system will be installed at the new General
Post Office on Hong Kong Island and at the International Mail Centre in
Hung Hom.
International contractors are invited in today's gazette to
apply for inclusion in a selective tendering list for the two mechanisation
projects.
The new handling system will incorporate sophisticated postal
equipment including special conveyors and mail sorting machines.
It will greatly assist the Post Office in its work, which involves
the handling of nearly one million letters and parcels each day, and
exchanging mail with over 130 countries.
Piling work for the new General Post Office on the Central
reclamation will start next month and the building is scheduled for
completion at the end of 1975 for occupation the following year,
Construction of the International Mail Centre in Hung Hom is
expected to begin next year and it should be completed in 1976.
Tenders for providing and installing the mechanisation equipment
for the new building projects will be invited within the next five months.
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