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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1985
GOVERNOR OPENS 100TH POST OFFICE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (SATURDAY) DECLARED THE OPENING OF HONG KONG'S 100TH POST OFFICE, LOCATED AT BUTTERFLY ESTATE IN TUEN MUN.
BEING ONE OF THE OLDEST DEPARTMENTS, SIR EDWARD SAID, THE POST OFF ICE RENDERED A FIRST-CLASS POSTAL SERVICE WHICH WAS DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG, AND FORMED VERY MUCH PART OF THE PEOPLE'S LIFE HERE.
+POSTAL STAFF ARE IN CLOSE DAILY CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS AT BRANCHES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+EVERY WEEKDAY DELIVERY POSTMEN VISIT HOMES, OFFICES AND FACTOR IES ALL OVER THE TERRITORY - AND INDEED SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT IN RECENT YEARS THE POST OFFICE HAD PAID INCREASING ATTENTION TO THE MORE REMOTE PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, DAILY DOOR-TO-DOOR MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE HAD BEEN EXTENDED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM 31 VILLAGES TO OVER 600 VILLAGES AND COMMUNITIES.
+THIS HAS DONE MUCH TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE RURAL AREAS, HE SAID,
SIR EDWARD SAID THE BUTTERFLY ESTATE POST OFFICE WAS SMALL BUT IMPORTANT. LOCATED IN A HOUSING ESTATE AND IN A NEW TOWN, ITS SERVICE WOULD BE OF A GREAT HELP TO THE PEOPLE THERE.
+1 HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WILL SOON REGARD IT AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY FACILITIES, HE SAID.
HE ALSO PRAISED THE POST OFFICE FOR PROVIDING A FAST AND CHEAP AIR MAIL SERVICE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
+ IT HAS IN RECENT YEARS PROMOTED MANY NEW SERVICES, SUCH AS SPEEDPOST AND INTELPOST WHICH CATER PARTICULARLY FOR THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE FAST DELIVERY OF TIME- SENSITIVE MAIL AND MESSAGES TO OVERSEAS COUNTRIES, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD SAID LOCAL POSTAL WORKERS WOULD BE PROUD OF THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDED.
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