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Postmaster General leads delegation to China
The Postmaster General, Mr Robert Footman, leads a delegation of senior officers of the Hong Kong Post Office to pay a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of China in Beijing today (Monday).
The delegation will also visit the Post Office in Shanghai.
"The Hong Kong Post Office works closely with the postal authorities in China on postal business," a spokesman for the Hong Kong Post Office said.
"Mr Footman's visit, the first after his appointment as Postmaster General, will further enhance co-operation and communication between the two sides."
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Youth resource centre opens
A Youth Resource Centre under the Commission on Youth is now available for public use.
A spokesman for the commission said today (Monday) that the Youth Resource Centre was set up as a repository for information on youth matters.
The centre, which occupies an area of about 100 square metres, is located on second floor. Tung Sun Commercial Centre. 194-200 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, adjacent to the Civic Education Centre.
Facilities of the centre include a library; a reading room; and an audio-visual room equipped with a TV set, a video-tape recorder, a cassette-tape recorder, a slide projector and a photocopier. A micro-computer has also been installed recently.
About 1,000 reference books, reports and publications on a variety of youth related subjects such as education, youth services and welfare are kept at the centre.
Additionally, video tapes on moral education and a variety of youth related journals and magazines are also available at the centre.