TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1985
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SPECIAL STAMPS ON SALE TOMORROW
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THE POST OFFICE WILL ISSUE FOUR SPECIAL STAMPS TOMORROW (JUNE 19) TO COMMEMORATE THIS YEAR'S DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.
AS ALL POST OFFICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CROWDED, ADDITIONAL COUNTERS FOR NORMAL BUSINESS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TOMORROW AT THE FOLLOWING POST OFFICES:
HONG KONG ISLAND - GENERAL POST OFFICE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE CAUSEWAY BAY, HENNESSY ROAD, MORRISON HILL, NORTH POINT, QUEEN'3 ROAD AND SHEUNG WAN.
KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORIES KOWLOON CENTRAL, CHEUNG SHA WAN, GILLIES AVENUE, KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUÍ PO, TSIM SHA TSUI AND TSUEN WAN.
+ IN ADDITION TO THE ISSUE OF FOUR SPECIAL STAMPS AND A FIRST DAY COVER, A SOUVENIR SHEET WILL ALSO BE ON SALE TOMORROW,+ A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO SHOW THE IR USUAL TOLERANCE AND IF POSSIBLE, TRY TO TRANSACT THEIR NORMAL POSTAL BUSINESS ON THE DAY BEFORE OR AFTER THE SPECIAL STAMPS ISSUE DATE.
SERVICE RESERVOIR FOR KWUN TONG ****
A SALT WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL BE BUILT IN LAM TIN ESTATE TO SUPPLEMENT THE FLUSHING WATER SYSTEM IN KWUN TONG.
THE RESERVOIR, WITH A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 5 000 CUBIC METRES, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING MA YAU TONG FLUSHING WATER RESERVOIR.
THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES THE LAYING OF ABOUT 650 METRES OF SALT WATER PUMPING MAINS ALONG CHA KWO LING ROAD TO LINK THE EXISTING SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH THE PROPOSED REPROVISIONED KWUN TONG SALT WATER PUMPING STATION.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST AND TAKE 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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