FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1982
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SPEEDPOST SERVICE EXPANDED
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FROM MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 SPEEDPOST SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND TO THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE FURTHER EXPANDED, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE 16 CITIES IN CHINA ALREADY BEING SERVED, THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO SHIJIAZHUAN AND SHUZHOU. SPEEDPOST ITEMS POSTED TO THESE TWO CITIES BEFORE 10 AM FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE NEXT WORKING DAY.
ON THE SAME DATE, THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED TO ALL DESTINATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. ITEMS POSTED TO THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE SECOND WORKING DAY AFTER POSTING.
FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU ON TELEPHONE 5-2671222.
FIRE PREVENTION ADVICE DELIVERED TO DOORSTEP
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FIRE PREVENTION ADVICE WAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BROUGHT TO PEOPLE'S DOORSTEPS WITH THE RECENT INTRODUCTION OF METAL POSTERS TO MAJOR SQUATTER AREAS.
THE NEW PUBLICITY MEASURE AIMED AT SQUATTER RESIDENTS FORMS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.
COLOURFUL METAL POSTERS ON STEEL POLES HAVE BEEN RAISED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCES OF MORE THAN 40 SQUATTER AREAS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH CARTOONS, THEY CARRY THE FOLLOWING FIRE PREVENTION TIPS:
* AVOID OVERLOADING POWER POINTS,
* DON'T LEAVE COOKING UTENSILS IN USE UNATTENDED,
* SWITCH OFF ALL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES BEFORE
GOING OUT,
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DO NOT REFILL KEROSENE APPLIANCES WHEN THEY ARE IN USE,
* STORE KEROSENE AND PETROL IN SEALED METAL
CONTAINERS AWAY FROM ANY SOURCE OF HEAT, AND
* RAISE AN ALARM AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A FIRE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP SAID TODAY (FRIDAY), +DUE TO THE INFLAMMABLE NATURE AND HIGH DENSITY OF THE STRUCTURES, SQUATTER AREAS ARE MORE PRONE TO FIRE ATTACKS,
/+DURING THE