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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1986

+ALSO, THE STUDENT TRAVEL CARD WILL BE INVALID BETWEEN DECEMBER 25 AND JANUARY 1 INCLUSIVE, AND BETWEEN JULY 16 AND AUGUST 31 INCLUSIVE. MOST SCHOOLS WILL BE ON CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR AND SUMMER VACATION RESPECTIVELY ON THESE DATES,+ A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID,

HE REMINDED STUDENTS TO USE THE IR 1986-87 STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS AS THE CARDS FOR THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR HAD EXPIRED ON WEDNESDAY.

ABOUT 450 000 STUDENTS HOLD STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS AND THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY FOR STUDENT TRAVEL IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $240 MILLION FOR THE 1986-87 ACADEMIC YEAR.

A LEAFLET EXPLAINING THE REVISED STUDENT TRAVEL SCHEME CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE STUDENT TRAVEL OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR, LOW BLOCK, QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND AT DEPARTMENT LICENSING OFFICES.

SPEEDPOST NOW INCLUDES SENEGAL

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SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO SENEGAL IN WEST AFRICA FROM MONDAY (OCTOBER 6), A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THIS WILL BRING TO 45 THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE SPEEDPOST NETWORK SERVED FROM HONG KONG.

+SPEEDPOST ITEMS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR TRANSMISSION TO DAKAR, THE CAPITAL AND ITS SUBURB IN SENEGAL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ ITEMS POSTED ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE ADDRESSEES ON THE THIRD WORKING DAY THOSE POSTED ON TUESDAY WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE FOURTH WORKING DAY WHEREAS ITEMS POSTED ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE SECOND WORKING DAY.+

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

THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT PËR ITEM FOR SENEGAL IS 20 KG AND THE POSTAGE RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ITEMS WEIGHING UNDER 250 G-

$110

ITEMS WEIGHING BETWEEN 250 G AND 500 G

$120

EACH SUBSEQUENT 500 G

$33

+CUSTOMERS REQUIRING MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO SENEGAL AND THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE GENERALLY SHOULD CONTACT THE POSTAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES ON 5-26711J5, + THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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