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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1985

ARGENTINA JOINS SPEEDPOST NETWORK

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SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO ARGENTINA FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 11), BRINGING TO 40 THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN THE NETWORK SERVED FROM HONG KONG.

SPEEDPOST ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR TRANSMISSION TO ALL AREAS IN ARGENTINA, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

ITEMS WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE SECOND WORKING DAY TO ADDRESSEES IN THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES AND ON THE THIRD WORKING DAY TO THE REST OF ARGENTINA.

BOTH +CONTRACT+ AND +ON DEMAND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT PER ITEM IS 15 KG AND THE POSTAGE RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

* ITEMS WEIGHING UNDER 250 G

$80

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ITEMS WEIGHING BETWEEN 250 G AND 500 G

$100

$43

* EACH SUBSEQUENT ADDITIONAL 500 G

SPEEDPOST IS A FAST AND RELIABLE MEANS FOR FORWARDING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS, SAMPLES AND MERCHANDISE OVERSEAS AND FREE PICK-UP SERVICE IS AVAILABLE.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE POSTAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES ON 5-2671108.

DETAILS OF TUEN MUN FESTIVAL

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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE TUEN MUN FESTIVAL '85 AT 11 AM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD'S CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF NO. 1, TUEN HI ROAD.

ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN FESTIVAL '85 ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, THE THREE-WEEK LONG PROGRAMME WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 16,

PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR TUEN MUN FESTIVAL '85, MR YIP HING-CHUNG ; CHAIRMEN OF THE SIX WORKING COMMITTEES UNDER THE COMMITTEE: DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY, AND DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (TUEN MUN), MR JIMMY CHOW,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

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