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TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1983

AIR PARCEL SERVICE TO CHINA STARTS APRIL 6

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AN AIR PARCEL SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL BE INTRODUCED ON APRIL 6, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY.

ITEMS SENT UNDER THIS SERVICE WILL BE FORWARDED BY TRAIN TO GUANGZHOU FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION BY AIR, HE SAID.

THE POSTAGE RATE WILL BE $28 FOR THE FIRST 1/2 KG AND $7 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 1/2 KG.

+THE CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE OF AIR PARCELS ARE THE SAME AS THOSE FOR SURFACE PARCELS, DETAILS OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY POST OFFICE OR FROM THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU 5-2671222,+ HE SAID.

NEW SLAUGHTER HOUSE IN TSUEN WAN

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THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, TODAY VISITED THE WORK SITE OF THE FIRST MODERN PRIVATE ABATTOIR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FRESH PORK TO ABOUT 800 000 RESIDENTS LIVING IN KWAI CHUNG, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN IN JULY THIS YEAR.

HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF SLAUGHTER HOUSE, MR PETER YEUNG, ON ARRIVAL AT THE $40 MILLION ABATTOIR WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TEXACO ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG.

MR HEYWOOD WAS TOLD THAT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE WAS IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF WORK, AND INSTALLATION OF MECHANISED EQUIPMENT FOR SLAUGHTERING AND DRESSING OF PIGS WAS ALSO UNDERWAY.

THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE, WHICH IS BUILT ON A 10 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE ON THE WATERFRONT OF KWAI CHUNG, IS EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION FOUR MONTHS LATER.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE STAFF OFFICER (ABATTOIRS AND FOOD) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR CHUNG YIU-FAN, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF KWAI CHUNG, MR CHAN TAI-YIU, MR HEYWOOD TOURED THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE ABATTOIR WHERE ERECTION OF THE MECHANISED SLAUGHTERING SYSTEM IS IN FULL SWING.

THE NEW ABATTOIR WILL INITIALLY HAVE A SLAUGHTERING CAPACITY OF 2 000 PIGS PER DAY RISING TO 3 000 PIGS ULTIMATELY.

THE PRODUCTION OF FRESH MEAT FROM THE ABATTOIR WILL FULLY MEET WITH THE DEMAND OF THE RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATION OF KWAI CHUNG, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN.

/WHILE TOURING