XN000022-1971-06-17 — Page 1

400000! P.A.H. 7

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

ACS (C) DCAC

NFORMATION SERVICES

DAILY INFORMATION

BULLETIN

EMBARGO NOTE:

This item is embargood. It is not for broadcast or publication until tomorrow morning.

Thursday, June 17, 1971

REVISED POSTAL CHARGES TO COME INTO FORCE

ON JULY/AUGUST 1

Airmail and Ten Cent Letter Rates Unchanged

Some changes in Hong Kong's inland and overseas surface postal

rates were announced by the Postmaster General today and will come into

effect on July 1st this year for overseas surface mail and August 1at

for inland mail.

The basic ten cent rate for inland letters up to one ounce and

the cirmail postage rates which together form the bulk of postal traffic

remain unchanged. The inland concessionary rate for printed matter which

has not been changed since 1951 goes up from five cents to ten cents on

1st August because the service is no longer paying its way.

Most of the revised postal charges relate to overseas surface mails

and are being introduced to bring the existing low Hong Kong postal rates

up to world-wide minimum charges determined by the 1969 Convention of the

Universal Postal Union. The revised rates are, however, still generally

much lower than those charged in most other countries in the world,

There