FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1975.
NEW BILL PAVES WAY FOR EXTRA POSTAL SERVICES
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MORE AND BETTER POSTAL SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED UNDER NEW DRAFT LEGISLATION PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE.
THE POST OFFICE BILL 1975, IF PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING POST OFFICE ORDINANCE WHICH HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED APART FROM SOME MINOR AMENDMENTS SINCE IT WAS ENACTED IN 1926.
IT GIVES EXPANDED AND MORE DEFINED AUTHORITY TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO OPERATE EXISTING SERVICES AND TO INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHICH ARE MORE IN LINE WITH PRESENT DAY REQUIREMENTS.
IT ALSO DESCRIDES IN FULL HIS POWERS TO DEAL WITH UNPAID AND UNDERPAID POSTAL PACKETS, AND GIVES LEGAL BACKING TO EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AIMED AT PREVENTING LOSS OF POSTAL REVENUE.
THE BILL ALSO AUTHORISES THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF MAIL, AND TO IMPLEMENT THE DECISIONS OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION RATIFIED ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG BY THE DRITISH GOVERNMENT AND AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF POSTAL PACKETS WHICH CENTRAVENE THE LAW OR WHICH CANNOT BE RETURNED TO THE SENDER OR FORWARDED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID TODAY THAT THE POST OFFICE BILL WAS DRAWN UP AFTER A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE EXISTING LEGISLATION.
+THE NEW BILL WILL, IF ENACTED, UPDATE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH POSTAL SERVICES OPERATE IN HONG KONG, AND PROVIDE LEGISLATION FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SERVICES AS THE NEED ARISES AND SOME EXISTING SERVICES NOT COVERED IN THE PRESENT ORDINANCE, HE SAID.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
PRISON RECRUIT OFFICERS GRADUATE
MORE THAN 100 PRISON RECRUIT OFFICERS WILL GRADUATE FROM THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE AT STANLEY TOMORROW (SATURDAY). TO MARK THE OCCASION THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN A PARADE BEFORE THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OCCASION. THE PARADE STARTS AT 10 AM.
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