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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1985

THE COMMITTEE ALSO INTENDS TO SEEK WAYS OF INCREASING PARTICIPATION BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ANNUAL AUXILIARY LITTER WARDEN SCHEME. ALTHOUGH IT WAS AGREED TO DOUBLE THE DAILY HONORARIUM OF $50, IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT IN FUTURE NEW MEANS BE SOUGHT TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC MINDEDNESS AMONG PARTICIPANTS.

THE YOUNG WERE AGA IN THE TARGET WHEN IT WAS AGREED TO HOLD AN +EVERYBODY LOVES A CLEAN HONG KONG+ POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE U.C.. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE.

DENMARK, TUNISIA JOIN SPEEDPOST NETWORK

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SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO DENMARK AND TUNISIA FROM MONDAY (OCTOBER 28), BRINGING TO 39 THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN THE SPEEDPOST NETWORK SERVED FROM HONG KONG.

SPEEDPOST ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR TRANSMISSION TO ALL AREAS IN DENMARK INCLUDING THE FAROE ISLANDS. HOWEVER, SERVICE TO TUNISIA IS RESTRICTED TO TUNIS AND ITS SUBURBS, SOUSSE, SFAX, NABEUL, BIZERTE, GABES AND JERBA, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THURSDAY).

ITEMS POSTED IN HONG KONG ON MONDAY TO THURSDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE ADDRESSEES WITHIN THE POSTAL NETWORK OF COPENHAGEN AND TUNIS ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY, WHILE THOSE POSTED ON FRIDAY WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE SECOND WORKING DAY.

BOTH +CONTRACT+ AND ON DEMAND+ SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.

THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT PER ITEM FOR DENMARK IS 20KG AND FOR TUNISIA 15KG. THE POSTAGE RATES ARE:

DENMARK

TUNISIA

ITEMS WEIGHING UNDER 250G

$100

$70

ITEMS WEIGHING BETWEEN 250G AND 500G

$115

$85

EACH SUBSEQUENT 500G

$25

$25

FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE POSTAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES ON TELEPHONE 5-2671108.

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