Post Office to host 1997 Asia Pacific Post Workshop
The Postmaster General, Mr Robert Footman, announced today (Saturday) that the Hong Kong Post Office has been given the honour of hosting the 1997 Asia Pacific Post Workshop from March 10 to 12 at the Regal Kowloon Hotel.
The objective of the workshop entitled "Today. Tomorrow, The Future" is to review the opportunities and threats facing the postal administrations in the Asian- Pacific region and to draw up a regional Business Plan for the Post on short and long term basis for the next decade.
A total of 26 delegates from 15 postal administrations including Hong Kong will be attending the workshop.
The organiser, Asia Pacific Post, is a business and information office set up in Singapore in 1995 under the auspices of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union to serve the commercial, operational and technical needs of the Asia-Pacific postal administrations. This is the third workshop of its kind. The last two Workshops in 1995 and 1996 were held in Indonesia and Australia respectively.
"The workshop will serve to draw the postal administrations in the Asian- Pacific region closer together for cooperation in meeting the changing needs of our customers in the region. It will also strengthen our ties and enhance our working relations with the participating administrations," said Mr Footman.
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Public urged to plant trees under popular scheme
Members of the public are urged to take part in the annual popular Community Tree Planting Scheme in the coming weeks.
The appeal was made by the Acting Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr Richard Yip Shui-ming, at the launching ceremony of this year's scheme at Kei Ling Ha, Ma On Shan Country Park this (Saturday) morning.
Starting tomorrow, four tree-planting sites will be opened to the public on Sundays and public holidays until the end of April. The sites are located at country parks in Ma On Shan, Quarry Bay, Hok Tau and Nam Shan (Lantau South).