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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1985
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CJ TO START OFF CIVIL SERVANTS RUN
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THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL START OFF A LONG DISTANCE RUN IN WHICH ABOUT 700 CIVIL SERVANTS FROM 36 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL BE TAKING PART TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 10 AM..
THE ANNUAL EVENT WILL START AND FINISH AT TAI TAM TUK RESERVOIR AT TAI TAM ROAD. THE EVENT WILL BE IN TWO DIVISIONS, WITH THE MEN COVERED 10 KILOMETRES AND THE WOMEN SIX KILOMETRËS..
SIR DENYS WILL ALSO PRESENT THE ROBERTS SHIELD+ TO THE WINNER OF THE MEN'S DIVISION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL START AT 10 AM.
SPEEDPOST GOES TO PORTUGAL
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SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO PORTUGAL FROM MONDA: (MARCH 11), A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THERE WILL THEN BE 28 COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE SPEEDPOST
NETWORK SERVED FROM HONG KONG, HE SAID.
SPEEDPOST ITEMS WOULD BE ACCEPTED FOR TRANSMISSION TO
LISBON, OPORTO AND COIMBRA IN PORTUGAL.
ITEMS POSTED IN HONG KONG WOULD BE DELIVERED TO THE ADDRESSEES IN LISBON ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY, AND IN OPORTO AND COIMBRA ON THE FOLLOWING WORKING DAY.
BOTH +CONTRACT+ AND +ON DEMAND+ SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT PER ITEM IS 15 KG AND THE POSTAGE
RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS #-
ITEMS WEIGHING UNDER 250 G
$70
ITEMS WEIGHING BETWEEN 250 G AND 500 G $80
EACH SUBSEQUENT ADDITIONAL 500 G
$25
/+THE SPEEDPOST