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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1985

CHARGES FOR THE SERVICE TO GUANGZHOU ARE:

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$35 FOR THE FIRST SIDE OF AN A4 SHEET OF PAPER

* $15 FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT A4 SIDE SENT TO THE SAME

ADDRESSEE AT THE SAME TIME

PEOPLE WISHING TO USE THE SERVICE SHOULD HAND IN THE IR DOCUMENTS AT ANY OF THE 22 ACCEPTANCE OFFICES.

THOSE WITH FACSIMILE MACHINES IN THEIR OFFICES COULD MAKE USE INTELPOST TO RETRANSMIT MESSAGES TO OVERSEAS ADDRESSEES NOT HAVING FACSIMILE MACHINES. SPECIAL MESSENGERS WOULD DELIVER THE MESSAGE WITHIN HOURS.

CUSTOMERS REQUIRING MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE SHOULD CALL THE INTELPOST MANAGER ON 5-2671148.

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GOVERNOR REITERATES SERIOUS CONCERN OVER ASSAULT INCIDENT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAW THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAU WONG-FAT, THIS AFTERNOON.

MR LAU CONVEYED TO THE GOVERNOR THE CONCERN OF HIS BOARD OVER THE INJURIES SUFFERED BY MR NG MING-YUM. HE ALSO INFORMED THE GOVERNOR OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THE MEETING OF ALL THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN YESTERDAY EVENING.

THE GOVERNOR REITERATED TO MR LAU THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS SERIOUSLY CONCERNED OVER THIS INCIDENT. HE ASSURED HIM THAT THERE WOULD BE A FULL AND THOROUGH POLICE INVESTIGATION AND THAT EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE.

HE ALSO ASSURED MR LAU THAT THE GOVERNMENT FULLY SUPPORTED THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE IR DUTIES.

PRESENTATION OF INSIGNIA

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INSIGNIA FOR 81 PEOPLE WERE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR,

SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT A CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.

SEVENTY-NINE RECIPIENTS WERE DECORATED BY THE QUEEN FOR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, WHILE TWO WERE AWARDED THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION.

/THE FOLLOWING