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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1988
EASIER COLLECTION OF REGISTERED MAIL
FROM NEXT MONTH, REGISTERED ITEMS CAN BE COLLECTED AT THE POST OFFICE NEAREST TO THE RECIPIENT'S RESIDENCE, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR GORDON SIU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WAS PART OF THE POST OFFICE'S EFFORT TO REVIEW AND IMPROVE SERVICES IN RESPONSE ΤΟ CUSTOMERS' REQUESTS, HE SAID.
MR SIU SAID THIS WHEN SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YUEN CHAU KOK POST OFFICE THE 104TH IN THE TERRITORY.
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'AT PRESENT TWO ATTEMPTS ARE MADE BY OUR POSTMEN TO DELIVER REGISTERED ITEMS TO ADDRESSEES' PREMISES, MR SIU EXPLAINED.
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"IF THE REGISTERED ITEM STILL CANNOT BE DELIVERED AFTER THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE ADDRESSEE WILL HAVE TO COLLECT THE ITEM FROM ONE OF THE 23 EXISTING DELIVERY OFFICES, THE ONE WHICH SERVES HIS AREA.
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THE DELIVERY OFFICE, HOWEVER, MIGHT BE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE ADDRESSEE'S HOME OR OFFICE, HE SAID.
FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS FROM CUSTOMERS AND A REVIEW OF PROCEDURES, MR SIU SAID FROM JULY ADDRESSEES COULD COLLECT REGISTERED ITEMS AT THE CLOSEST POST OFFICE, OR AT ANY OTHER OFFICES, IF 30 WISHED.
ON THE SECOND WAY TO IMPROVE POSTAL SERVICES, MR SIU SAID NEW OFFICES WOULD BE OPENED WHERE DEMAND JUSTIFIED.
CITING SHA TIN AS AN EXAMPLE, HE SAID: "TEN YEARS AGO WE HAD ONLY ONE POST OFFICE IN SHA TIN. NOW WE HAVE SIX, AND FIVE MORE WILL BE OPENED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC IN SHA TIN OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS."
CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, MR NG THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG, ALSO TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY.
CHAN-LAM, AND OFFICIATED AT
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