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Sunday, January 28, 1973

OPENING OF PEAK POST OFFICE

Mr. M. Addi, the Postmaster General, will open a new post office

in the Upper Peak Tram Terminal Building on Wednesday (January 31).

The Peak Post Office will deal with all kinds of post office

business, except the acceptance of insured letters and boxes.

Two stamp machines have been installed so that 10-cent and 50-cent

stamps will be available on a 24-hour basis.

The business hours will be from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.15 p.m.

to 5.00 p.m. on weekdays, and from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Saturday.

A spokesman for the Post Office said: "The opening of the Peak Post

Office is a further stage in the development programme of the Post Office

and should be of considerable benefit to the residents in the Peak

area.

The Peak Post Office will bring the total number of post offices to

64, including a mobile post office in the New Territories.

Note to Editors:

You are invited to send a reporter

and/or photographer to cover the opening of the

new post office in the Upper Peak Tram Terminal

Building at 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday.

Release Time: 3.00 p.m.