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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1992
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG KAM-HO, MRS CHAN SAID AT PRESENT, MAIL WAS COLLECTED AT LEAST ONCE A DAY FROM ALL POSTBOXES.
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"OUR ASSESSMENT IS THAT THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS ACCEPTABLE BY THE MAJORITY OF NT RESIDENTS, SHE SAID.
ALL POSTBOXES ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED TO SERVE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THE PLANNING STANDARD APPLIED IN BUILT UP AREAS, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, IS THAT NOBODY SHOULD LIVE FURTHER THAN 0.4 KILOMETRE FROM THE NEAREST POSTBOX.
IN RURAL AREAS, THE STANDARD IS 0.8 KILOMETRE.
"WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THIS
H
COVERAGE, MRS CHAN SAID.
PROVIDES AN
ADEQUATE LEVEL OF
ON DOOR-TO-DOOR DELIVERY OF LETTER MAIL, MRS CHAN SAID THIS SERVICE WAS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNNUMBERED BUILDINGS AND REMOTE AREAS WHERE A POSTMAN CARRYING A MAIL POUCH WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING ACCESS.
IN THESE CASES THE POST OFFICE MAKES ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE RESIDENTS CONCERNED SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE MAIL EITHER FROM NEST LETTER BOXES (A GROUP OF LETTER BOXES, EACH SERVING A HOUSEHOLD), A COMMUNAL BOX OR ACCOMMODATION ADDRESSES.
MRS CHAN ALSO SAID THERE WERE ABOUT 950 VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR WHICH BUILDING NUMBERS WERE REQUIRED.
OF THESE ABOUT 700 WERE ALREADY NUMBERED AND 250 REMAIN UNNUMBERED.
BUILDING NUMBERING
A PROGRAMME IS NOW BEING DEVISED TO REVIEW IN ALL NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGES, INCLUDING THOSE WHERE A NUMBERING SCHEME HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AS SOME UPDATING IS REQUIRED то INCLUDE NEW HOUSES.
"PRIORITY WILL HOWEVER BE GIVEN TO THOSE IDENTIFIED AS BEING MOST IN NEED OF NUMBERING DUE TO OUTSTANDING REQUESTS FOR DIRECT DELIVERY,
SHE SAID.
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