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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988
ON DECEMBER 26 AND JANUARY 2, 42 POST OFFICES WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 9 AM TO NOON.
THEY INCLUDE THE GENERAL POST OFFICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI IN KOWLOON, AND TSUEN PO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD, SPECIAL DELIVERIES
PARCELS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR DECEMBER 26, AND ALSO JANUARY 2.
SUNDAY,
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OF LETTERS AND DECEMBER 18. BOXING DAY
THERE WILL BE NO DELIVERIES ON CHRISTMAS DAY DECEMBER 25, DECEMBER 27 AND NEW YEAR'S DAY, JANUARY 1.
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM INDIVIDUAL POST OFFICES OR FROM THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU AT 5-231071.
FESTIVE LIGHTING REFLECTS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
THE STAGING OF FESTIVE LIGHTING IN MONG кок REFLECTS AN ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BY RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, PAUL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
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SPEAKING AT THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW LIGHTING IN MONG KOK, MR LEUNG SAID THE DECORATIVE LIGHTING WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS OF TIME AND MONEY BY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE DISTRICT.
HE SAID THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES SPONSORING THE DECORATIVE LIGHTING INCREASED FROM 10 LAST YEAR TO 14 TRIS YEAR AND THE COST HAD DOUBLED TO $700,000.
SOME BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE DISTRICT ALSO PUT UP THEIR OWN DECORATIVE LIGHTING TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER EFFECT, HE ADDED.
MR LEUNG SAID THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD, WHICH HAD ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, HOPED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BOOST THE ATMOSPHERE OF FESTIVITY IN, AND TO BRING ABOUT MORE PROSPERITY TO, THE DISTRICT.
HE ADDED THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD ALSO HOPED, THROUGH THE EVENT, TO STRENGTHEN ITS TIES WITH BUSINESS CONCERNS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT WITH A VIEW TO MAKING LOCAL RESIDENTS FEEL PROUD OF BELONGING TO MONG KOK, AND TO MAKE THEM MORE INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
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