FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1979
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES BANNED FROM POSTAL SERVICE
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THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT ALL DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES WILL BE PROHIBITED IN THE POSTAL SERVICE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT FOLLOWING ITS ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION'S LIST OF HAZARD DEFINITIONS,
UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENT, CERTAIN SUBSTANCES AT PRESENT ACCEPTED UNDER THE SPECIAL PACKING CONDITIONS WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED IN THE POST, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE PROHIBITED ITEMS INCLUDE AEROSOLS- BUTANE GAS LIGHTERS AND REFILLS- RAW CELLULOID AND ARTICLES MADE OF CELLULOID- FLAMMABLE, OXIDISING AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES PAINTS- VARNISH, ENAMEL AND KINDRED SUBSTANCES WITH A FLASHPOINT BELOW 37.8 DEGREES CELSIUS INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES AND FLAMMABLE FILMS.
HOWEVER, ORDINARY FILMS ON SALE IN SHOPS FOR USE IN CAMERAS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE STILL ACCEPTABLE.
+THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DECIDING WHETHER A PARTICULAR SUBSTANCE IS DANGEROUS RESTS WITH THE SENDER WHO MUST SATISFY HIMSELF ON THIS IMPORTANT POINT BEFORE DECIDING TO USE THE POST,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
LADY MACLEHOSE TO SEE CLASSES IN SESSION
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LADY MACLEHOSE WILL SPEND TWO HOURS ON MONDAY (APRIL 9) MORNING TOURING THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN KOWLOON.
ON ARRIVAL SHE WILL BE MET BY MR. DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) WHO WILL INTRODUCE HER TO MR. HAKING WONG, MR. R. BRAY, PRINCIPAL OF HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, AND MR. C.L. KO, THE VICE-PRINCIPAL.
LADY MACLEHOSE WILL THEN TOUR THE INSTITUTE TO SEE SOME OF
THE CLASSES IN SESSION.
THE DEPARTMENTS SHE WILL BE VISITING ARE MARINE AND FABRICATION, CONSTRUCTION, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER LADY MACLEHOSE'S VISIT TO THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT 702 LAI CHI KOK ROAD, CHEUNG SHA WAN, KOWLOON, LADY MACLEHOSE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE INSTITUTE AT 11.30 A.M. ON MONDAY (APRIL 9).
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