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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 1992
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HOUSEHOLD CIRCULAR SERVICE FOR ADVERTISING MATERIALS
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ANNOUNCED
THE ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL, MRS DORIS S Y HO, TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT A NEW POSTAL SERVICE, KNOWN AS THE HOUSEHOLD CIRCULAR SERVICE, WOULD BE INTRODUCED NEXT MONDAY (AUGUST 24).
THE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO ANY CUSTOMER WHO WISHES ΤΟ SEND HIS ADVERTISING MATERIALS, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 GRAMS
EACH, ΤΟ A PARTICULAR AREA WITHIN THE TERRITORY.
SENDERS MAY SEND THEIR ADVERTISING MATERIALS, UNSTAMPED AND UNADDRESSED, ENVELOPED OR UNENVELOPED, TO ALL LOCAL ADDRESSEES WITH LETTER BOXES ON THE GROUND FLOOR,
THE POSTAGE WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT FOR LOCAL PRINTED MATTER, THAT IS $0.7 FOR ITEMS WEIGHING UP TO 30 GRAMS, $0.8 FOR ITEMS WEIGHING UP TO 50 GRAMS AND $1.2 FOR ITEMS WEIGHING UP TO 100 GRAMS.
THE MINIMUM QUANTITY FOR POSTING IS 5,000 ITEMS.
THE MINIMUM SIZE IS 90 MM x 140 MN WHILE THE MAXIMUM SIZE IS 110 MM x 220 MM.
DELIVERY OF THE ITEMS WILL NORMALLY BE COMPLETED WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS.
HOWEVER, THE POST OFFICE RESERVES THE SERVICE DURING PEAK PERIODS SUCH AS CHRISTMAS, ELECTION PERIODS.
RIGHT TO WITHHOLD THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AND
MRS HO SAID THE SERVICE WOULD BE TRIED OUT FOR SIX MONTHS.
"IT WILL THEN BE REVIEWED TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT SHOULD BE PROVIDED ON A LONG-TERM BASIS," SHE SAID.
FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE SERVICE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE POSTAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES ON 868 1868 OR 868 3868.
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MORE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS RETURN HOME
A GROUP OF 238 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 86 MEN, 89 WOMEN, 30 BOYS AND 33 GIRLS, THE GROUP
WAS THE 118TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THEY BROUGHT TO 7,103 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND ΤΟ 20,982 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
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