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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1976

EIGHT ADDITIONAL RATING AREAS IN N.T.

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THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS SPECIFIED EIGHT ADDITIONAL RATING AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

AT THE SAME TIME, EXISTING RATING AREAS FOR HONG KONG, KOWLOON/NEW KOWLOON, TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI HAVE BEEN RESPECIFIED BY REFERENCE TO PLANS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT RATES WOULD BE CHARGED IN THE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM APRIL 1 NEXT YEAR.

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SPECIFIED AREAS, GAZETTED TODAY, ARE:

AREAS F2

AREAS H3

4: PING SHAN, KIU TAU WAI AND TAI SHANG WAI

4: FANLING AND FANLING (WEST) (AN AREA AROUND

THE ROYAL HONG KONG GOLF CLUB AND ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB BEAS RIVER STABLES)

AREA J2: TIN PING SHAN NEAR SHEK WU BUT

AREA MA: THE REMAINING PART OF THE CLEAR WATER BAY PENINSULA

AREA N1: HEBE HAVEN, SAI KUNG AND TAI MONG TSAI

THE RESPECIFIED AREA E. PREVIOUSLY ENCOMPASSING A COASTAL STRIP OF TSING YI ISLAND, NOW COMPRISES THE WHOLE OF THE ISLAND AND NGA YING CHAU.

THE RESPECIFICATION OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON/NEW KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG WILL HAVE LITTLE IMMEDIATE EFFECT, ALTHOUGH A FEW PROPERTIES FORMERLY JUST OUTSIDE THE FORMER BOUNDARIES ARE NOW INCLUDED.

THE RESPECIFICATION TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE PHYSICAL CHANGES WHICH HAVE OCCURED IN RECENT YEARS AND WHICH ARE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE.

COPIES OF THE PLANS OF THESE AREAS MAY BE SEEN AT THE OFFICES OF THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT AT NO. 1 GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG (ENQUIRERS SHOULD ASK FOR EITHER MR. B.J.C. WOODROFFE OR MR. CHAU CHUN-SING), OR AT THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HOLIDAY POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS

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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE DELIVERY OF MAIL ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 1), WHICH IS A GENERAL HOLIDAY.

ON THAT DAY, 32 POST OFFICES, INCLUDING THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 9 A.M. TO 12 NOON.

ALL OTHER POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED.