FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1937
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SPEEDPOST TO JAPAN IMPROVED
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SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO JAPAN WILL BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MERCHANDISE ITEMS FROM APRIL 1, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
ON THE SAME DAY, THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT FOR SPEEDPOST ITEMS
TO JAPAN WILL BE INCREASED FROM 10 KILOGRAMMES TO 20 KILOGRAMMES AND THE MAXIMUN SIZE EXTENDED TO 1.5 METRES IN LENGTH AND 3 METRES FOR THE LENGTH AND GIRTH COMBINED.
THE NEW POSTAGE RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ITEMS WEIGHING NOT OVER 250 GRAMMES
$55
ITEMS WEIGHING NOT OVER 500 GRAMMES
EACH SUBSEQUENT 500 GRAMMES
$65
$15
+CUSTOMERS REQUIRING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO JAPAN AND THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE IN GENERAL ARE REQUESTĘD TO CONTACT THE POSTAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES ON 5-8471108, + THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
TALKS, WORKSHOPS ON REMEDIAL LANGUAGE TEACHING ORGANISED
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DURING THE NEXT TWO MONTHS THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND TALKS ON REMEDIAL LANGUAGE TEACHING FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS AND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHINESE TEACHERS.
THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED A NUMBER OF GUEST SPEAKERS EXPERIENCED IN REMEDIAL TEACHING TO CONDUCT A SERIES OF SHORT TALKS AND TO DEVISE TEACHING-LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN REMEDIAL TEACHING ON APRIL 25 AND MAY 2.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD TWO IDENTICAL HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS ON REMEDIAL ENGLISH TEACHING ON APRIL 13 AND 14. THE WORKSHOPS ARE LIMITED TO 40 TEACHERS.
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE CHILDREN'S LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND MATERIALS FOR REMEDIAL TEACHING. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DESIGN TEACHING MATERIALS FOR USE IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL HEADS SHOULD SUBMIT NOMINATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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