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SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1975
A SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED ON JULY 31 AT ALL POST OFFICES WHERE FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER THE COUNTER, IMPRESSED WITH THE NORMAL POST OFFICE DATE STAMP AND HANDED DACK TO THE PERSON PRESENTING THEM, NO TIME TYPE WILL APPEAR IN THE POSTMARK.
THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR THIS SERVICE ARE THAT ONLY ARTICLES DEARING AN INDICATION THA THEY ARE FIRST DAY COVERS+ WILL BE SO TREATED= THE ARTICLES MUST BE ADDRESSED TO A LOCAL ADDRESS THE ARTICLES MUST BOT BEAR ANY OTHER CANCELLATION- AND NO REGISTERED ITEMS WILL BE PROCESSED BY THIS METHOD.
SPEICAL POSTING BOXES VILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, KOWLOON LENTRAL POST OFFICE AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE ON JÚLY 31 FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE FIRST DAY COVERS CAREFULLY HAND-POSTHARKED BEFORE DESPATCH TO THE ADDRESS ON THE COVERS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE THREE NEW STAMPS ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
IMPROVED SEWAGE SYSTEMS FOR KENNEDY TOWN AND CHEUNG SHA WAN ******
BETTER DRAINAGE FACILITIES VILL SOON BE PROVIDED IN VICTORIA ROAD AND THE NEW KENNEDY TOWN RECLAMATION AREA ON THE ISLAND AS WELL AS IN CHEUNG SHA WAN DISTRICT IN KOULOON.
ON THE ISLAND, A NETWORK OF PIPES AND CULVERTS WILL BE INSTALLED TO COLLECT FLOODWATER FROM THE HILLSIDE OF VICTORIA ROAD AND DISCHARGE IT OUT TO SEA. THE WORK, WHICH INVOLVES LAYING SOME 250 METRES OF PIPELINE, IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN NINE MONTHS.
IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, A NEW SEWER WILL BE BUILT I CHEUNG WAH STREET TO REPLACE THE PRESENT ONE WHICH HAS BECOME INADEQUATE AS A RESULT OF INTENSE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW SEVER WOULD INVOLVE THE LAYING OF AN ADDITIONAL 335 FEET OF PIPES TO COPE WITH PRESENT NEEDS AND PROVIDE SPARE CAPACITY TO SERVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
WASTE WATER IN THE SEWERS WOULD FIRST BE TREATED AT THE LAI CHI KOK SCREENING PLANT BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE SEA, HE ADDED.
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