TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1990
OF EVACUATION WHOLE POPULATION OF HONG TAKE INTERNATIONAL NORMS
"IN PARTICULAR, THE FEASIBILITY OR PRACTICALITY AND RELOCATION AND OF SHELTERING FOR THE KONG ARE ISSUES THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE FINALISING CONTINGENCY PLANS," HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE REPORT ON "RESOURCE REQUIREMENT
GROUP PROPOSES THAT
FOR SCIENTIFIC THREE SCIENTIFIC
NAMELY THE
STUDIES", PROF POON SAID THE STUDIES SHOULD BE CONDUCTED ON LOCAL CONDITIONS, CHARACTERISTIC SHIELDING FACTORS FOR BUILDINGS, THE DOSE CONTRIBUTIONS
AND DYNAMIC USING A
DIL FOR FROM FOOD CHAIN PATHWAYS UNTREATED WATER.
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MODEL
THE
TO DEVELOP LOCAL EXPERTISE *RPAG FEELS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
THESE AND EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, THROUGH
PROF POON SAID. PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES,
REVISION OF POSTAGE RATES AND CHARGES * * * * *
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, (TUESDAY) THAT SOME POSTAGE RATES AND MISCELLANEOUS INCREASED AS FROM APRIL 1, 1991.
ANNOUNCED TODAY CHARGES WILL
BE
TWO YEARS
THESE RATES AND CHARGES WERE LAST REVISED MORE THAN AGO ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1988.
COMMENTING ON THE REVISED RATES, MR WONG SAID:
IN
"AS A RESULT OF THE SHARP INCREASE IN OPERATING EXPENDITURE
INFLATION, SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED THE PAST THREE YEARS DUE TO HIGH
TO STAFF COSTS, HIGHER OUTPAYMENTS TO OVERSEAS POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND REVISE POSTAGE IS NECESSARY HIGHER COST OF MAIL CONVEYANCE, IT RATES AND CHARGES IN ORDER TO RESTORE THEIR REAL VALUE.
"
EVEN AFTER THESE INCREASES NEXT YEAR, MR WONG SAID AND SURFACE MAIL SERVICES WILL STILL BE OPERATED AT A LOSS.
LOCAL MAIL
AND
IN THE PRINTED PAPER "THIS SITUATION IS PARTICULARLY MARKED
BUSINESSES FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS SERVICE WHICH IS LARGELY USED BY PROMOTIONAL MAILINGS.
"THESE SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY BEING CROSS-SUBSIDISED
MR WONG SAID. PROFITABLE SERVICES,
"
BY OTHER
THE
HIGHER.
MORE
IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE EXTENT OF SUBSIDIES TO BUSINESSES, INCREASES FOR PRINTED PAPER MAIL SERVICES ARE COMPARATIVELY
RATES WILL BE INCREASED ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAID, AIR MAIL MODESTLY, GENERALLY LOWER THAN THE INFLATION RATE.
/THE BASIC