XN000022-1986-07-27 — Page 7

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SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1986

THE FIRST MOBILE POST OFFICE SERVICE, COMMISSIONED IN 1960 NOW COMBS THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, WITH THE VAN COVERING ABOUT 120 KILOMETRES DAILY. ITS STOPS INCLUDE PING SHAN, HUNG SHUI KIU, SIU HONG COURT, SHAN KING ESTATE AND A NUMBER OF CALL POINTS IN THE TUEN MUN AREA.

THE SECOND MOBILE POST OFFICE CAME INTO OPERATION TWO YEARS LATER, AND THE VAN NOW TRAVELS ABOUT 100 KILOMETRES DAILY, CALLING AT 15 ISOLATED COMMUNITIES IN SAI KUNG.

THE THIRD ONE WAS PUT INTO SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1982, AND COVERS THE SHA TIN AND TAI PO AREAS. THOUGH HAVING THE SHORTEST ROUTE (ABOUT 90 KILOMETRES) AND THE LEAST CALL POINTS (11), IT DOES THE MOST BUSINESS, SERVING AN AVERAGE OF 100 CLIENTS' DAILY. THIS IS BECAUSE SHA TIN'S CITY ONE HOUSING COMPLEX AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG LIE WITHIN ITS DOMAIN.

MR LIN SAID THE ITINERARY OF EACH VEHICLE IS KEPT UNDER REGULAR REVIEW. CALL POINTS MAY BE CREATED OR DELETED, AND THE DURATION OF STAY AT A PARTICULAR PLACE CHANGED, IN RESPONSE TO DEMAND,

THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE MOBILE POST OFFICES IS PUBLICISED IN THE VARIOUS LOCALITIES.

+THANKS TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, AND ALSO THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, NOTICES ANNOUNCING THE LOCATION AND THE TIME OF CALLS ARE PUT UP IN THE HOUSING ESTATES, THE DISTRICT OFFICES AND AT CONSPICUOUS SPOTS IN THE VILLAGES, HE SAID.

A SIGN POST IS ALSO ERECTED AT EACH CALL POINT.

SAI KUNG OPENING UP WITH NEW LINK ******

THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO OPEN FURTHER REMOTE AREAS OF SAI KUNG FOR RECREATION BY EXTENDING SAI SHA ROAD WESTWARDS.

ALSO PLANNED AS PART OF THE PROJECT IS A +SPUR+ TO LOK WO SHA BEACH WHERE CAR AND COACH PARKING SPACES WILL BE PROVIDED.

EVENTUALLY, THE PLAN IS TO EXTEND THE LINK ROAD BEYOND LOK WO SHA TO MA ON SHAN WHERE A NEW TOWN IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN AND THOSE OF SHA TIN WOULD THEN HAVE ACCESS TO COUNTRY PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA.

AS A FIRST STEP, ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES OF STANDARD TWO-LANE SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF AN EXISTING TRACK BETWEEN NAI CHUNG AND LOK WO SHA VILLAGE.

/IT WALL

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