MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1976
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GOVERNOR TO OPEN NEW G.P.0. ******
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OPEN THE NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CONNAUGHT PLACE ON WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 11).
FOLLOWING THE OPENING, SIR MURRAY WILL SEE SOME OF THE SOPHISTICATED MAIL-HANDLING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE $43 MILLION BUILDING.
TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR BOTH THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY AND TO TRANSFER OPERATIONS FROM THE OLD BUILDING, THE NEW G.P.O. COUNTERS WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS UNTIL 8 A.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY (THURSDAY).
ACCESS TO THE OFFICE CAN EITHER BE FROM STREET LEVEL OR FROM A HIGH-LEVEL PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE INTERCONNECTED WITH OTHER BUILDINGS NEARBY.
THE MAIN PUBLIC HALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR HAS COUNTERS FOR NORMAL STAMP SALES AND ACCOMMODATES THE 12,400 POST OFFICE BOXES.
THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE A LAST LOOK INSIDE THE OLD G.P.O. BUILDING IN PEDDER STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE LAST 65 YEARS, CAN DO SO ON WEDNESDAY WHEN BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONDUCTED THERE UNTIL 6 P.M.
THEREAFTER IT WILL BE CLOSED AND LATER WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR A MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION AND AN OFFICE TOWER BLOCK.
MEANWHILE, THE THREE NEW STAMPS ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY.
THE STAMPS ARE IN DENOMINATIONS OF 20 CENTS, $1.3 AND
$2.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW G.P.O. BUILDING ON WEDNESDAY.
PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE ASKED TO ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE NEW G.P.0. AT CONNAUGHT PLACE NOT LATER THAN 10.30 A.M.
G.I.S. OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
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