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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1976
+ALMOST A MILLION POSTAL ITEMS ARE HANDLED IN HONG KONG DAILY, AND THEY ARE SENT ABROAD OR DELIVERED LOCALLY WITH REMARKABLY LITTLE FUSS. MOREOVER, UNLIKE MOST OTHER POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS IT IS ALL DONE WITHOUT TAXPAYERS SUBSIDY.
+THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE ENJOYS A HIGH REPUTATION BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD. OUR LINKS WITH THE BRITISH POST OFFICE ARE LONGSTAND ING AND OUR RELATIONS WITH OTHER POSTAL AUTHORITIES INCLUDING THE KWANGCHOW POST OFFICE ARE CLOSE AND FRIENDLY.
+AS AN INDICATION OF THE WAY IN WHICH OUR POST OFFICE HAS KEPT ABREAST OF MODERN METHODS IT WAS THE FIRST OUTSIDE EUROPE AND AMERICA TO INTRODUCE THE ULTRA-FAST 'SPEEDPOST' SERVICE WHICH NOW OPERATES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, BELGIUM, THE UNITED
WORK ON A STATES OF AMERICA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL. NEW HK$43 MILLION INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE AT HUNG HOM WILL START LATER IN THE YEAR, AND WILL MAKE POSSIBLE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HANDLING OF MAIL.
+ THE POST OFFICE ALSO HAS RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE FIELD OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS. THIS ARM OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH CONTROLS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN HONG KONG, WILL ALSO BE HOUSED HERE. THE WIDE RANGE AND STRIKING MODERNITY OF THESE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY AND CABLE AND WIRELESS HAVE EARNED FOR US THE STATUS OF AN IMPORTANT CENTRE IN BOTH THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, AND THE PART THEY HAVE PLAYED IN HONG KONG'S EMERGENCE AS AN INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND TOURIST CENTRE HAS BEEN IMMENSE.
+I AM GLAD, MR. POSTMASTER GENERAL, THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE NOW TO BE HOUSED IN THIS SPLENDID BUILDING. 1 TRUST THAT NONE OF YOU WILL NEED IN FUTURE TO SWELTER IN THE SUMMER AND FREEZE IN THE WINTER IN THE GOOD CAUSE OF KEEPING HONG KONG IN THE FOREFRONT OF POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
+1 HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING THIS NEW HONG KONG GENERAL POST OFFICE OPEN.+
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