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FAST MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE

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SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1978

A NEW POSTAL SERVICE KNOWN AS +RAPID BOX DELIVERY SERVICE+ WILL BE INTRODUCED BY THE POST OFFICE FROM JUNE 1..

THE NEW SERVICE WILL ENSURE THAT MAIL ADDRESSED

TO POST OFFICE BOXES AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AND POSTED AT THESE THREE OFFICES WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN TWO HOUR'S EXCEPT ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID SPECIAL POSTING BOXES FOR THIS NEW SERVICE HAVE BEEN SET UP IN THE P.O. BOX LOBBIES OF THESE THREE POST OFFICES.

HE SAID ARRANGEMENT. HAS ALSO BEEN MADE. TO EXTEND THE NEW SERVICE TO COVER SPECIALLY SEGREGATED FRANKED POSTAL ITEMS ADDRESSED TO P.O. BOXES IN THESE THREE POST OFFICES.

UNDER THE ARRANGEMENT THE BULK ACCEPTANCE COUNTERS AT THESE THREE POST OFFICES WILL RECEIVE SUCH POSTAL ITEMS WHICH ARE ADDRESSED AND POSTED AT THAT PARTICULAR POST OFFICE. THEY WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN TWO HOURS.

+THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR THE NEW SERVICE, BUT IT IS RESTRICTED TO ITEMS FULLY PREPAID AT THE LETTER RATE OF POSTAGE, + THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

NEW FERRY PIER FOR NORTH POINT

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NORTH POINT FERRY COMMUTERS WILL BE ABLE TO USE BY AUGUST NEXT YEAR A NEW PIER WITH A COVERED WALKWAY TO LINK WITH THE BUSY BUS TERMINUS WHICH WILL ALSO BE COVERED.

WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TWIN-DECK FERRY PIER BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY AND IS ABOUT ONE-THIRD COMPLETE.

THE NEW PIER BEING BUILT AT A COST OF AROUND $10.5 MILLION, 13 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EASTERN CORRIDOR PROJECT.

WORK ON THE PIER IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 1979 WITH THE OPENING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST.

THE PIER HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR AN EXTRA DECK SHOULD IT BECOME NECESSARY AT A LATER DATE.

ONCE THE NEW PIER IS OPENED THE OLD ONE WILL BE DEMOLISHED.

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