SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1983
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MORE POST OFFICES ACCEPTING ON-DEMAND SPEEDPOST ITEMS
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SIX MORE POST OFFICES WILL ACCEPT ON-DEMAND SPEEDPOST ITEMS, STARTING FROM JUNE 1, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THEY ARE THE ABERDEEN, CAUSEWAY BAY, TSAT TSZ MUI, WONG CHUK HANG, TSUEN WAN AND KWAI FONG POST OFFICES.
THE EXTENSION WILL BRING THE NUMBER OF POST OFFICES ACCEPTING ON-DEMAND SPEEDPOST ITEMS TO 15.
THE EXISTING NINE POST OFFICES OFFERING THIS FACILITY ARE: THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE, TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE, HENNESSY ROAD POST OFFICE, CHEUNG SHA WAN POST OFFICE, GILLIES AVENUE POST OFFICE, SAN PO KONG POST OFFICE AND KWUN TONG POST OFFICE.
THIS EXTENSION OF ACCEPTANCE SERVICES WILL MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR THE PUBLIC TO POST URGENT DOCUMENTS, SAMPLES OF GOODS AND MERCHANDISE TO 21 COUNTRIES IN THE SPEEDPOST NETWORK.
FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU AT 5-2671222.
MODEL PEDESTRIANS IN EASTERN
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THIRTY EASTERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS WERE SELECTED MODEL PEDESTRIANS THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING FOR THEIR OBEDIENCE AND GOOD OBSERVANCE OF ROAD SAFETY REGULATIONS.
TEAMS OF ADJUDICATORS MADE THE SELECTION AT SIX DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT WHERE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY.
THE MODEL PEDESTRIANS, INCLUDING WORKERS, HOUSEWIVES AND STUDENTS, WERE EACH PRESENTED, ON THE SPOT, WITH A SPECIAL AWARD DESIGNED IN THE FORM OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
THE EVENT WAS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S MONTH-LONG ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN ON MAY 16 TO EDUCATE LOCAL RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIVE AND 18, ON ROAD REGULATIONS.
THE ADJUDICATORS INCLUDED THE POLICE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER FOR CAUSEWAY BAY, MR C.P. LEUNG; THE POLICE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER FOR CHAI WAN, MR Y.W. CHOW DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS: ST FF OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND CHAIRMEN OF AREA COMMITTEES,
IN THE AFTERNOON, A CARNIVAL FEATURING A ROAD SAFETY TOWN, A POP CONCERT AND A DISPLAY OF VINTAGE CARS WAS HELD AT THE VICTORIA PARK.
/CAPTAIN SAFETY,