WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1978
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POSTAL SERVICES TO CANADA AND IRAN DISRUPTED
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THE POST OFF ICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT POSTAL SERVICES TO CANADA AND IRAN WILL BE TEMPORARILY DISRUPTED, DUE TO POSTAL STRIKES IN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID ALL POSTAL SERVICES TO CANADA WOULD BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED, AND NO MAIL FOR CANADA WOULD BE ACCEPTED AT POST OFFICES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
IN THE CASE OF IRAN, LETTER AND PARCEL MAILS FOR DESPATCH BY SEA TO IRAN WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ACCEPTED AT THIS STAGE, BUT AIR LETTERS AND PARCELS WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
WATER CUT ****
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WAN CHAI AND KWUN TONG WILL BE STOPPED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 20) TO FACILITATE LEAKAGE TESTS.
THE AREA IN WAN CHAI, BOUNDED BY 87-147 HENNESSY ROAD, 2A-34 O'BRIEN ROAD, 64-82 GLOUCESTER ROAD, 18-20 LUARD ROAD, 95-115 AND 94-118 JAFFE ROAD, AND 87-147 AND 88-148 LOCKHART ROAD, WILL HAVE NO WATER FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 11 P.M. ON FRIDAY.
IN KWUN TONG, THE AREA BOUNDED BY CHUN WAH ROAD, KUNG LOK ROAD AND FUK WA TSUEN WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FOR SIX HOURS FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY TO 6 A.M. ON SATURDAY.