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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1977
POST OFFICE REJECTS STAPLED MAIL
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THE POST OFFICE TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER ACCEPT FOLDERS, CARDS OR ENVELOPED LETTERS WHICH ARE SEALED BY STAPLES BECAUSE THEY ARE CAUSING A SERIOUS AND COSTLY+ PROBLEM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID THAT ANY STAPLED ITEMS FOUND IN THE POST WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SENDERS.
THIS DECISION WAS MADE AS THE NUMBER OF STAPLED FOLDERS AND CARDS RECEIVED DAILY FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY CAUSING SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO THE POST OFFICE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT STAPLED ITEMS HAD TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE NORMAL FLOW OF MAIL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BE POSTMARKED BY HAND AND DIVERTED FROM ANY SUBSEQUENT MACHINE HANDLING PROCESS.
+AN UNENVELOPED FOLDER IS USUALLY TOO FLIMSY TO PASS UNDAMAGED THROUGH POSTMARKING OR SORTING MACHINE. THE STAPLED ITEMS WOULD CAUSE JAMMING OF POSTAL MACHINERY AND DAMAGE THE ROLLERS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE MACHINES,+ HE EXPLAINED.
FURTHERMORE, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT,
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT, ARTICLES OF MAILS WHICH HAVE BEEN SEALED BY STAPLING CAN CAUSE MINOR INJURIES TO THE HANDS OF SORTERS, PARTICULARLY DURING THE COURSE OF SORTING A QUANTITY OF SUCH ITEMS, MOREOVER, THESE ITEMS ARE UNACCEPTABLE FOR TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE POST UNDER INTERNATIONAL POSTAL
REGULATIONS.
THREE MPS TO VISIT HONG KONG
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THREE CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 17) FOR A WEEK-LONG OFFICIAL VISIT.
THEY ARE MR. DAVID HOWELL (SURREY, GUILDFORD), MR. PAUL CHANNON (SOUTHEND WEST) AND MR. JOHN NÓTT (CORNWALL, ST. IVES).
THE MP'S WHO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIVES, WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR, UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILS AND URBAN COUNCIL, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE ICAC COMMISSIONER WHILE THEY ARE IN HONG KONG.
APART FROM VISITS TO THE NEW TERRRITORIES' NEW TOWNS, HOUSING ESTATES, FACTORIES AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS TO LEARN OF HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENTS, THE VISITORS WILL ALSO HAVE
PLENTY OF FREE TIME TO MEET PEOPLE AND GO TO PLACES THEY WISH TO SEE ON THEIR OWN.
ON SEPTEMBER 26 (MONDAY) THEY WILL ATTEND A PRESS CONFERENCE.
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