SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1984
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VALUABLE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON POSTAL MATTERS
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OFFICIALS OF THE POST OFFICE HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH A DELEGATION OF SENIOR POSTAL OFFICIALS FROM GUANGZHOU ON VARIOUS OPERATIONAL MATTERS DURING THE IR SIX-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG.
THE DELEGATION, HEADED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GUANGDONG (POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS) ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAU, MR HUANG LIAN-MAO, HAS JUST LEFT HONG KONG.
THE ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DAVID LAN, DESCRIBED THE DISCUSSIONS AS +VALUABLE EXCHANGES OF VIEWS+. THEY COVERED OPERATIONAL MATTERS AFFECTING THE EXCHANGE OF MAIL BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW POSTAL FACILITIES.
IT WAS THE NINTH EXCHANGE VISIT BETWEEN OFFICIALS OF THE TWO POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS, HE ADDED.
+ THE DISCUSSIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN A VERY FRIENDLY AND CO-OPERATIVE MANNER WHICH HAD CHARACTERISED ALL PREVIOUS MEETINGS OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS,+ MR LAN SAID.
AIR-CONDITIONING FOR HOSPITAL
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THE 1 336-BED KWA1 CHUNG HOSPITAL, WHICH HAS BEEN SERVICING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1980, WILL BECOME FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED WHEN AN ADDITIONAL PLANT ROOM IS COMPLETED BY EARLY 1986.
THE TWO-STOREY ROOM WILL BE BUILT ON A 450 SQUARE-METRE SITE NEXT TO THE EXISTING MEDICAL STAFF QUARTERS.
THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTING THE PLANT ROOM WHICH WILL PROVIDE SPACE FOR THE COOLING EQUIPMENT, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION, A SWITCH ROOM, TWO STOREROOMS AND TOILETS.
WORK WILL START IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
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