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SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1978

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DIRECT DIALLING EASES DELAYS

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A DIRECT DIALLING TELEPHONE SYSTEM MODIFYING THE EXISTING PABX SYSTEM AT THE FUEL IC WORKS DEPARTMENT HEAD- QUARTERS, MURRAY BUILDING, JILL COME INTO OPERATION TOMORROW (MONDAY) "MORNING.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AS FROM TODAY ALL CALLS WILL GO DIRECT TO THE OFFICES CONCERNED, ELIMINATING THE NEED OF INTERCEPTING INCOMING CALLS BY THE OPERATOR.

THE EXISTING EXCHANGE NUMBER 251111 HAS BEEN REPLACED. THIS MEANS THAT CALLERS WHO WANT TO SPEAK TO AN INDIVIDUAL SHOULD DIAL THE NEW EXCHANGE NUMBER, 2670, FOLLOWED BY THE OFFICER'S EXTENSION NUMBER.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF THE 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE AND MAIN ENQUIRIES IS 5-26701111, WHILE THE RECEPTIONISTS' NUMBER IS 5-26702111. HOWEVER, THE COMPLAINTS SERVICE NUMBERS REMAIN UNCHANGED, 5-244744 FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING CALLERS AND 5-221616 FOR CANTONESE SPEAKING CALLERS.

THE USUAL DIALLING CODES BETWEEN HONG KONG, AND KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL APPLY.

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