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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1977
PILLAR POSTING BOXES IN CENTRAL ADEQUATE
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THERE ARE 13 PILLAR POSTING BOXES IN THE HEART OF CENTRAL DISTRICT WITHIN AN AREA OF 0.16 SQUARE MILE BOUNDED BY QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL TO THE SOUTH, THE WATERFRONT IN THE NORTH, MURRAY ROAD IN THE EAST AND GILMAN STREET TO THE WEST, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID JEAFFRESON, SAID TODAY.
+ IN ADDITION, HE CONTINUED, +20 OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE PROVIDED WITH MAIL CHUTES TO WHICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS ACCESS- AND THERE ARE THREE POST OFFICES AT WHICH LETTERS CAN BE POSTED.+
+THIRTY-SIX POSTING POINTS IN THIS SMALL AREA DOESN'T SEEM TO ME TO CONSTITUTE AN ACUTE SHORTAGE+, HE SAID, IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON. P.G. WILLIAMS ON THE ADEQUACY OF POSTING BOXES IN HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY IN THE HEART OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
MR. JEAFFRESON SAID THAT THERE WERE 235 PILLAR BOXES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 185 IN KOWLOON AND 139 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND HE UNDERSTOOD THE POSTMASTER GENERAL HAD RECEIVED NO COMPLAINTS IN RECENT YEARS THAT THE NUMBER WAS INADEQUATE.
HE SAID THAT THE GPO BUILDING HAD BEEN LITTLE MORE THAN MOVED FROM ONE SIDE OF CONNAUGHT ROAD TO THE OTHER AND EVEN SO, TWO DAYS AFTER THE OLD GPO BUILDING WAS CLOSED, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL PUT A PILLAR BOX A FEW YARDS AWAY FROM THE OLD BUILDING, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PEDDER STREET.
HE DID NOT REALLY THINK HE HAD A CASE TO ANSWER ON THE NEED TO INSTALL MORE POSTING BOXES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
+PERHAPS THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PILLAR BOXES ARE NOT CONSPICUOUS ENOUGH, ONE POINT I SHALL ASK THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO CONSIDER,+ HE SAID.
BILL PASSED
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ONE BILL PASSED THE COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING IN
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IT WAS THE POUNDS (AMENDMENT) 3ILL 1977.
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