香港政府
GIS |新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Sunday, February 18, 1973
INITIAL WORK ON NEW G.P.O. TO START SOON
Better Postal Facilities To Be Provided
PAH 7
Preliminary work on the new General Post Office on the Central reolanation,
including the building of a high-level promenade, will begin shortly..
Piling will start in April while the actual construction for the
new building is expected to begin early next year.
The whole G.P.O. project is scheduled for completion at the end
of 1975 to further improve postal services in Hong Kong.
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The promenade, stretching about 300 feet along the waterfront, will
serve to link the Star Ferry to an elevated walkway which is to be built by
a private land developer.
When completed by the end of this year, the promenade will provide
direct access from several high-rise buildings in Central to the ferry concourse
through the elevated walkway.
The promenade, forming Stage I of the new G.P.O. development plan,
will also be connected to the new Post Office building.
Commenting on the improved facilities, a spokesman for the Post
Office said the new building would have 15,000 Post Office Boxes.
The existing G.P.0. building has only about 6,700 P.0. Boxes.
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