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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1985
+THE POST OFF ICE HAS EARNED A FINE REPUTATION AT HOME AND ABROAD FOR AN EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE SERVICE. THE CURRENT COURTESY DRIVE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTINUED EFFORT TO IMPROVE.+
SIR DAVID SAID THE EMPHASIS ON COURTESY WAS NOT A NEW INVENTION AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT THEME IN THE TRAINING OF NEW STAFF.
HE SAID WHAT MADE THE EXERCISE DIFFERENT WAS THAT THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE COURTESY HAD INVOLVED FRONTLINE STAFF THEMSELVES IN ITS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION, WITH THE MANAGEMENT STANDING BEHIND TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE.
AIR SERVICES TALKS HELD IN BEIJING
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THE FOLLOWING IS A JOINT PRESS STATEMENT BY THE BRITISH AND CHINESE DELEGATIONS TO THE AIR SERVICES TALKS HELD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2 AND 5:
+REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM MET IN BEIJING FROM SEPTEMBER 2 TO 5 TO DISCUSS AIR SERVICES UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED IN THE CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT SIGNED IN LONDON IN NOVEMBER 1979. THE DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD IN A FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL ATMOSPHERE.
+THE TWO DELEGATIONS RECOGNISED THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR TRAVEL BETWEEN HONG KONG AND INLAND CITIES OF CHINA WHICH WOULD, THEY BELIEVED, CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG. THEY CONSIDERED HOW BEST SUCH DEMAND FOR TRAVEL COULD BE MET AND AGREED THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR SUCH AIR SERVICES WAS REQUIRED. THE BRITISH DELEGATION EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS SHOULD BE DESIGNATED TO OPERATE SCHEDULED SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND BEIJING IN ADDITION TO ITS EXISTING SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI, THE CHINESE DELEGATION NOTED THIS WISH OF THE BRITISH DELEGATION.
+THE DELEGATIONS AGREED TO RESUME THEIR DISCUSSIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND EXPRESSED THEIR CONFIDENCE THAT THEY COULD, THROUGH FRIENDLY CONSULTATIONS, REACH MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE ARRANGEMENTS FULLY CONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT
OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD FURNISH SERVICES TO MEET THE GROWING PUBLIC DEMAND FOR AIR TRAVEL.+