TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1990
"NO WONDER THAT HONG KONG RECORDED OVER 750 MILLION MINUTES PER YEAR FOR INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE CALLS, MR WONG SAID.
TURNING TO POSTAL SERVICES, MR WONG SAID HE EXPECTED A SOPHISTICATED LETTER SORTING SYSTEM CURRENTLY UNDER TRIAL WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IN MAY, THUS ENABLING THE POST OFFICE GRADUALLY REDEPLOY ITS STAFF TO AREAS EXPERIENCING MANPOWER SHORTAGF.
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THE MECHANISED LETTER SORTING SYSTEM, COSTING $120 MILLION THE FIRST IN THE WORLD USING MODERN OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION VIDEO CODING TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT POST CODES OR ZIP CODES, BECAUSE IT CAN ELECTRONICALLY SCAN THE LAST FOUR LINES OF A HONG KONG ADDRESS TYPED OR MACHINE PRINTED IN ROMAN TYPE.
"LETTERS WITH ADDRESSES WHICH CANNOT BE READ OR ARE HANDWRITTEN WILL BE DELIVERED TO VIDEO CODING DESKS WHERE OPERATORS WILL READ THE ADDRESS AND TYPE THE ABBREVIATED CODES ON THE ENVELOPES, BEFORE THEY GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS.
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"OUR MAIL TRAFFIC HAS BEEN INCREASING AT THE SUBSTANTIAL OF 10 PER CENT PER YEAR COMPOUND IN RECENT YEARS. THIS IS EXTREMELY HIGH BY WORLD STANDARDS WHERE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES' MAIL GROW BY ABOUT FIVE PER CENT A YEAR MR WONG SAID.
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"OUR VOLUME OF MAIL IS SO HIGH THAT THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE HANDLES ABOUT 770 MILLION ITEMS A YEAR: THIS REPRESENTS 2.2
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DURING THE CHRISTMAS RUSH PERIOD IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER POST OFFICE HANDLED NEARLY THREE MILLION ITEMS A DAY WHICH MEANT THE MAIL TRAFFIC WENT UP BY 35 PER UENT COMPARED WITH A NORMAL MONTH, HE SAID.
"DESPITE LARGE INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF MAIL HANDLED IN RECENT YEARS, IT REMAINS OUR ATN TO PROVIDE V RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT POSTAL SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,' MR WONG SAID.
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REVIEW COMMITTEF TO DEVELOP REHAB PROGRAMME INTO THE 90'S
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A REVIEW COMMITTEE HYS HEL SET UP TO DEVELOP A BALANCED AND COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME WILLI WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE DISABLED INTO THE 1990'S.
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SPEAKING AT THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE (RDCC) MERTING TODAY (TUESDAY), THE COMMISSIONER FOR REHABILITATION, MR ALAN WONG, SAID: "THE COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED то FORMULATE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES IN THE PRESENT SYSTEM, STREAMLINE SERVICE PROVISIONS SMOOTH AND WELL CO-ORDINATED SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM.
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