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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1983
SPEEDPOST EXTENDED TO IRISH REPUBLIC
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SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE IRISH REPUBLIC FROM THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 15), THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY.
+THIS WILL BRING TO 22 THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE SPEEDPOST NETWORK SERVED FROM HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO THE IRISH REPUBLIC IS RESTRICTED TO DUBLIN CITY POST CODES 1-24, DUBLIN COUNTY AND CORK CITY. ONLY BUSINESS PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS CAN BE ACCEPTED IN THE SERVICE AT THE PRESENT TIME.
THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT PER ITEM IS 20 KG AND THE POSTAGE RATES ARE AS FOLLWS:
ITEM WEIGHING UNDER 2506
$64
ITEM WEIGHING BETWEEN 250G
AND 500G
$84
ITEM WEIGHING MORE THAN 500G
$84 FOR THE FIRST 500G
AND $16 FOR EACH 500G THEREAFTER
BOTH CONTRACT' AND ON DEMAND' SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
ITEMS POSTED BEFORE 5 PM WILL BE DELIVERED IN DUBLIN CITY AND DUBLIN COUNTY THE NEXT WORKING DAY AND THOSE FOR CORK CITY THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE POSTAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES ON 5-2671108 OR THE TELEPHONE ENQUIRY BUREAU ON 5-2671222.
ACTIVITIES FOR KOWLOON CITY FACTORY WORKERS
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A MOBILE EXHIBITION IS BEING HELD FOR FACTORY WORKERS IN KOWLOON CITY TO FAMILIARISE THEM WITH THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION.
THE EXHIBITION, FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS AND MAPS, IS BEING HELD AT MAN YUE STREET IN HUNG HOM TODAY, AND WILL MOVE TO YUK YAT STREET IN TO KWA WAN TOMORROW.
THE MOBILE EXHIBITION IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE ICAC FOR THE DISTRICT'S 50 000 FACTORY WORKERS.
/IN OCTOBER,
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