TUESDAY, OCTO. ** 1: 985
HK OFFICIALS TO VISIT SHENZHEN
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AT THE INVITATION OF THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF SHENZHEN, MR ZHEN XIPEI, THE POLITICAL ADVISER WILL LEAD A DELEGATION OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO VISIT SHENZHEN TOMORROW AND ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 16 TO 17).
THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE VARIOUS HONG KONG-SHENZHEN JOINT EXPERT WORKING GROUPS WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT IN APRIL 1982.
THE REVIEW MEETING WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AND IS THE LATEST IN A REGULAR SERIES OF SUCH MEETINGS, THE LAST OF WHICH WAS HELD IN MARCH 1985 IN HONG KONG,
OTHER OFFICIALS ATTENDING FROM HONG KONG INCLUDE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS, AND OTHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE IR WORK OR HAVE A CLOSE INTEREST IN THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT THE BORDER.
IN ADDITION, THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL BE VISITING SITES CONNECTED WITH THE PROJECTS AND OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST IN SHENZHEN.
MESSAGE MARKS INTELPOST LINK WITH GUANGZHOU
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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR HUGH ARDLEY, SENT AN INAUGURAL MESSAGE TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL OF GUANGZHOU POST OFFICE
MR QIAN DONGCHAJ, THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING TO MARK THE INTRODUCTION OF INTELPOST SERVICE TO GUANGZHOU,
THIS BRINGS TO 34 THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN THE INTELPOST NETWORK SERVED FROM HONG KONG.
A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE INTRODUCTION COINCIDED WITH THE OPENING OF THE GUANGZHOU AUTUMN TRADE FAIR AND INTELPOST
ITEMS POSTED IN HONG KONG BEFORE 2 PM COULD BE DELIVERED TO THE FAIR THE SAME AFTERNOON.
+AS INTELPOST CAN BE USED TO TRANSMIT CHINESE CHARACTERS. IT OFFERS SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES OVER TELEX,+ HE SAID,
INTELPOST ITEMS FOR DONGSHAN, LIWAN, YUEXIU AND HAIZHU DISTRICTS POSTED BEFORE 2 PM AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE. WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE ADDRESSEE ON THE SAME DAY, WHILE THOSE POSTED BEFORE 4 PM FOR TIANHE, FANGCUN AND HUANGPU DISTRICTS AND THE SUBURBS OF GUANGZHOU THE FOLLOWING WORKING DAY'S MORNING.
/CHARGES FOR