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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1985
YEAR OF STEADY PROGRESS
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GOVERNOR
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE
GOVERNOR:
+1985 HAS BEEN A YEAR OF STEADY PROGRESS FOR HONG KONG.
+ALTHOUGH GROWTH IN SOME AREAS HAS NOT BEEN AS FAST AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED, THE ECONOMY HAS REMAINED SOUND, THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION, THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS COME INTO BEING, AND MANY PROJECTS TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO THE HONG KONG PUBLIC HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
+ IN THE COMING YEAR, WE SHALL ALL NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR THE WELL-BEING AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG. THE GOVERNMENT, FOR ITS PART, WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE AND STRIVE TO ACHIEVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
+1 WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.+
VALUE OF INSURED LETTERS, PARCELS INCREASED ****
WITH EFFECT FROM THURSDAY (JANUARY 2), THE MAXIMUM INSURED VALUE FOR INSURED LETTERS AND PARCELS TO A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WOULD BE INCREASED TO $17 500, A SPOKESMAN OF THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THESE COUNTRIES INCLUDE CYPRUS, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, FRENCH WEST INDIES, GREAT BRITAIN, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MACAU, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN.
→THE NEW INSURANCE LIMIT WILL ENABLE CUSTOMERS TO SEND THROUGH THE POST GOODS AND MERCHANDISE OF A MUCH HIGHER VALUE WITHOUT THE NEED TO RESORT TO PRIVATE INSURANCE FACILITIES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE INSURANCE SERVICE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LOCAL POST OFFICE OR FROM THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU AT 5-231071.