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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1985
IN THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, MAIL BAGS ARE TRANSPORTED BY CONVEYORS TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS FOR PROCESSING.
STAMP CANCELLING IS NOW DONE BY AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE WHICH HANDLES UP TO 40 000 LETTERS PER HOUR.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 1 189 DELIVERY POSTMEN SERVING IN 23 DELIVERY OFFICES. IN 1983-84, THESE OFFICES DELIVERED 356 MILLION LETTERS AND OTHER POSTAL ITEMS.
THERE ARE TWO DELIVERIES A DAY TO MOST AREAS AND ON AVERAGE, A POSTMAN DELIVERS 1 000 LETTERS DAILY.
AT THE AGE OF 58, MR TSE KWONG-YUI IS STILL FULL OF VITALITY, DOING HIS JOB WITH UNDIMINISHED ENTHUSIASM.
+EVERYDAY, COME TO THE OFFICE AT EIGHT AND AFTER SPENDING ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS ON PREPARATION WORK, START OFF WITH MY FIRST DELIVERY ALONG GLOUCESTER ROAD, WHICH I WILL AGAIN VISIT IN THE AFTERNOON, HE SAID.
OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS MADE FRIENDS WITH COUNTLESS RESIDENTS IN WAN CHAI.
+I'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF RETIRING. MEETING AND OCCASIONALLY CHATTING WITH MANY LONG-TIME RESIDENTS HAS BECOME PART OF MY LIFE,+ HE ADDED.
CANDIDATES TO SPEAK AT FORUMS *****
FIVE FORUMS WILL BE HELD BETWEEN TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AND FEBRUARY 28 TO INTRODUCE CANDIDATES CONTESTING THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
THE 21 CANDIDATES, CONTESTING THE 10 SEATS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO PRESENT THE IR PLATFORMS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
THE FORUMS ARE ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE, ΤΟ ENABLE RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES.
THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RAYMOND YOUNG, WILL BE THE MODERATOR.
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