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SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1983
CHILDREN GET 'KEEP HK CLEAN' MESSAGE
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THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WERE RECENTLY TOLD THAT THE GOOD HABIT OF KEEPING A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT SHOULD START AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL.
THE CHILDREN WERE URGED TO PLAY THEIR PART IN MAKING THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS.
THE MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO THEM BY HEALTH INSPECTORS WHO WENT TO THE SCHOOLS TO GIVE TALKS ON THE SUBJECT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE LECTURES COINCIDED WITH THE TERRITORY-WIDE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE. THE TALKS WERE ARRANGED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VARIOUS PRINCIPALS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THE STUDENTS WERE TOLD THAT INDISCRIMINATE LITTERING IN A PUBLIC PLACE, IN SCHOOL OR AT HOME WOULD RESULT IN POOR SANITATION AND HEALTH HAZARDS.
THEY WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE WAR AGAINST LITTER BUGS IN HONG KONG WAS STILL BEING WAGED.
MEANWHILE, NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO WISH TO ARRANGE FOR TALKS TO BE GIVEN TO THEIR STUDENTS MAY CONTACT THEIR LOCAL URBAN SERVICES OFFICES.
HEALTH INSPECTORS OF THE NTSD WOULD BE HAPPY TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND TO TALK TO THE CHILDREN, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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'ON DEMAND' SPEEDPOST TO BRAZIL
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FROM MONDAY (APRIL 18), THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO BRAZIL, WHICH HITHERTO ONLY OPERATED ON A CONTRACT BASIS, WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF ITEMS POSTED UNDER THE ON DEMAND FACILITY, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY.
FROM THAT DATE, CUSTOMERS CAN POST SPEEDPOST PACKAGES THROUGH A PRE-REGISTRATION SYSTEM TO BRAZIL AT THE NINE DESIGNATED SPECIAL ACCEPTANCE POST OFFICES, 1.E. GENERAL POST OFFICE AND HENNESSY ROAD POST OFFICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON CENTRAL, TSIM SHA TSUI, CHEUNG SHA WAN, KWUN TONG, GILLIES AVENUE, SAN PÓ KONG AND THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE,
THE CHARGE FOR PACKAGES WEIGHING UP TO 250 GRAMMES WILL BE $119, AND UP TO 500 GRAMMES $139. EACH ADDITIONAL 500 GRAMMES WILL BE $34.
/THE SERVICE
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