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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1983

NEW GOODS VEHICLES CHECKS START AGAIN

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FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 15), ALL NEW GOODS VEHICLES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PASS A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT EXAMINATION BEFORE REGISTRATION.

THIS PRACTICE CEASED IN JUNE 1982 BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF VEHICLE EXAMINERS.

+THE PROBLEM HAS NOW EASED, SAID A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN. +APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE IN THE USUAL WAY WITH THE KOWLOON BAY VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRE.+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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ESTATE TO HAVE POST OFFICE

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A NEW POST OFFICE WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AT NOON ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 11) IN UNITS S8 AND S9, ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF SHEK FONG HOUSE, SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES.

IT WILL BE THE 93RD POST OFFICE

IN HONG KONG.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, THERE WILL BE A SHORT OPENING CEREMONY

A MEMBER OF THE AT 11 AM ON THE SAME DAY. DR FRANK CHEUNG TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING TOGETHER WITH THE ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR T.H. BARMA, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN, MR LUÍ KIN-FUN.

EDITORS ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE OPENING CEREMONY.

WATER FIGURES

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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 87.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 506.447 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 407.850 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 70.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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