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H K 香港政府 GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

PRH -7

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1976

NEW REPORT ON TRANSPORT ON SALE

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A LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE NEWLY-PUBLISHED COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.

THE FULL VERSION OF THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AT A PRICE OF $120. IT CONTAINS 415 PAGES OF TEXT, DIAGRAMS AND TABLES WHICH PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM

IN RELATION TO PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS.

A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE REPORT, CONTAINING 32 PAGES WITH TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS, IS ON SALE IN SEPARATE ENGLISH AND CHINESE VERSIONS AT $12 PER COPY.

THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY, PRODUCED BY WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES, WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN AID TO FORMULATING TRANSPORT POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES WHICH WILL BE EMBRACED IN A WHITE PAPER NEXT YEAR.

ONLY LIMITED COPIES OF THE REPORT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC AS THE REPORT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED AS A WORKING DOCUMENT FOR STUDY WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT AND BY OTHERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE TRANSPORT FIELD.

POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH THEIR CHRISTMAS CARDS TO REACH THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN HONG KONG BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SHOULD POST THEM NOT LATER THAN TUESDAY (DECEMBER 21).

POSTINGS OF LOCAL MAIL ITEMS AFTER THIS DATE CANNOT BE GUARANTEED DELIVERY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

FOR LOCALLY ADDRESSED CHRISTMAS CARDS, SPECIAL COUNTER POSITIONS AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE TOMORROW AND ON TUESDAY TO EXPEDITE HANDLING AND SUBSEQUENT DELIVERY,

ANY QUANTITY OF CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE SPECIAL COUNTERS, BUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED TO SEPARATE THEIR CARDS ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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