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Thursday, March 16, 1972

"You, Sir, have I know recently visited the G.P.O. and I am

sure you will agree that if the Post Office staff were 'hampered' two

years ago, they are today working almost miracles to receive, sort out and

deliver the mail as they do, in conditions that are now really very

difficult indeed."

Although the G.P.O. would be getting another hanger on the

Central Reclamation, what worried was its problems would be getting worse

before they got better, because of the extraordinary inaction over building

the Colony Sorting Office and new General Post Office, he said.

Parking Charges

On the Financial Secretary's proposals to increase car parking

charges, Mr. Salmon wanted to know whether that meant a policy of confining

the ownership of a car to the very rich by penal taxation.

He suggested three practical measures to ease the traffic

problems. They are:

• Continuation of the Colony's substantial road programme;

* Provision of more multi-storey car parks;

* The gradual phase out of minibuses.

Mr. Salmon said that Hong Kong already had a substantial and

flyovers, widening of and improvement to roads,

commendable road programme

and so on for all to see and there was a lot more to come.

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He did not agree with the Financial Secretary that multi-storey

car parks were not profitable.

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