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SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1979

TAI PO GOVT OFFICES TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON TUESDAY

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THE TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON TUESDAY.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR. STEPHEN WONG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. WONG CHUN-WAL.

BUILT AT A COST OF $12.9 MILLION, THE FIVE-STOREY BUILDING IS THE FIRST MULTI-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT BUILDING EVER CONSTRUCTED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IT HAS A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 8,900 SQUARE METRES AND PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR 13 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE, NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND ITS MARRIAGE REGISTRY, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE POST OFFICE.

THE NEW POST OFFICE WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AT 9 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY TO REPLACE THE PRESENT ONE IN KWONG FUK ROAD WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1935.

IT WILL OPERATE IN A BIGGER AREA, WITH 342 ADDITIONAL POST OFFICE BOXES TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND.

THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE NEW POST OFFICE WILL BE 12-677111, EXT. 299.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING WHICH WILL START ON TUESDAY AT 3.30 P.M. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN, AM 2088, WILL TAKE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO TAI PO, LEAVING KOWLOON PÚBLIC PIER AT 2 P.M.

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