6
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1980
NEW LOOK MAIL BOX
*****
THE POST OFFICE HAS INTRODUCED A NEW DESIGN MAIL BOX FOR USE IN HONG KONG'S BUSY COMMERCIAL AREAS.
A PROTOTYPE WAS INSTALLED IN MARCH AT THE JUNCTION OF PEDDER STREET AND WYNDHAM STREET IN CENTRAL DISTRICT AS AN EXPERIMENT. IT HAS PROVED HIGHLY SATISFACTORY.
THE BOX IS SQUARE INSTEAD OF ROUND AND CAN HOLD TWICE THE AMOUNT OF MAIL OF A CONVENTIONAL PILLAR BOX. IT HAS A DETACHABLE CANVAS BAG WITHIN, WHICH CAN BE EASILY REMOVED AND REPLACED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR POSTMEN TO CLEAR THE LETTERS.
+WITH SUCH INCREASED CAPACITY THE CHANCE OF SUCH A MAIL BOX OVERFLOWING IS MUCH REDUCED, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+MORE NEW BOXES WILL BE PUT IN SELECTED AREAS AS AND WHEN THE NEED ARISES, HE ADDED.
KONG.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT SOME 600 PILLAR BOXES THROUGHOUT HONG
BEWARE OF BOGUS LABOUR OFFICER
******
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST A MAN POSING AS AN OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID REPORTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED THAT A MAN WAS CHEATING FAMILIES OF WORKERS KILLED IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
THE REPORTS SAID THE IMPOSTOR, CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION UNIT, HAD APPROACHED THREE FAMILIES ON THE PRETEXT OF MAKING ENQUIRIES ABOUT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
HE LATER RETURNED, SAYING HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, AND ASKED FOR AND WAS GIVEN LOANS RANGING FROM $60 TO $150 +TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE WITH THE OTHER PARTIES+.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT SEVERAL SIMILAR REPORTS WERE RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND A WARNING WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC.
+IMPOSTORS ARE USING EVERY KIND OF TRICK AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AGAINST IMPERSONATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS.
+ALL OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT CARRY GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARDS AND WARRANTS BEARING THEIR NAMES AND PHOTOGRAPHS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
17