WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1990
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PROVISION OF POST OFFICES TO KEEP PACE WITH DEVELOPMENT
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FOR EVERYBODY IN THE POST OFFICE IS NOW A PART OF DAILY LIFE
MUST THEREFORE KEEP HONG KONG AND THE PROVISION OF NEW POST OFFICES
DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, PACE WITH THE TERRITORY'S SOCIAL THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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OFFICE, OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PO LAM POST
MR WONG SAID IT WAS THE THE FIRST POST OFFICE AT TSEUNG KWAN
POSTAL FACILITIES DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUING POLICY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
REACH OF CITIZENS IN ALL POPULATED AND SERVICES WITHIN EASY COMMUNITY AREAS.
"WITH THIS IN MIND WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE OPENING OF MORE POST OFFICES IN THE NEXT FFW YEARS," HE SAID.
AND
NEW
RB1, GROUND FLOOR,
LAM POST OFFICE, LOCATED AT THE NEW PO RESTAURANT BLOCK, PO LAM ESTATE, OPENED FOR BUSINESS TODAY AT NOON.
THIS POST OFFICE PROVIDES THE NORMAL RANGE OF COUNTER SERVICES.
2 PM TO 5 PM ITS BUSINESS HOURS ARE FROM 9.30 AM TO 1 PM AND FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, AND FROM 9.30 AM TO 1 PM ON SATURDAY.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 703 0000.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY THIS MORNING WERE
CHAIRMAN, SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD
MR WILLIAM WAN HON-CHEUNG, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FREDERICK K.S. TONG.
THE
AND
WITH THE OPENING OF THIS NEW OFFICE, OFFICES IN HONG KONG IS NOW 114.
THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF
POST
STATISTICS ON TRADE WITH CHINA OF OUTWARD PROCESSING NATURE
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IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989, SOME 59 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING. ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME 56 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING; THE FIGURE WAS 78 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AND 47 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA.
IN JANUARY DECEMBER 1989, SOME 58 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING; WHEREAS SOME 53 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING, THE FIGURE WAS 76 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA.
EXPORTS,
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