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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1987

PMG MEETS POSTAL UNIONISTS

OF

OF

POSTAL

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR HUGH ARDLEY, MET REPRESENTATIVES THE HONG KONG POSTAL WORKERS UNION AND THE POSTAL THE HONG KONG CHINESE AFTERNOON TO OFFICER GRADES.

WORKERS BRANCH CIVIL SERVANTS' ASSOCIATION THIS (TUESDAY) PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE

DISCUSS

AND POSTMAN

THE MEETING WAS CONVENED AT THE REQUEST OF THE TWO UNIONS.

DURING THE MEETING, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL REITERATED HIS INCREMENT AND SYMPATHY WITH THE POSTMEN'S REQUEST FOR A LONG SERVICE

FURTHER CONSIDER THE SAID HE WOULD URGE THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH TO PROPOSAL.

HE ADDED THAT AN OVERALL REVIEW OF THE POSTMAN GRADE WAS

FOR CREATION OF A MADE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A JUSTIFICATION POSTMAN RANK ON FUNCTIONAL GROUNDS.

BEING SENIOR

RESULT OF THE REVIEW, DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE то

WHILE HE DID NOT WISH TO PRE-EMPT THE MR ARDLEY SAID IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE IDENTIFY SOME FUNCTIONS FOR A SENIOR POSTMAN RANK.

THINK IT

LIKELY

THAT

EXISTING POSTMEN

HOWEVER, HE DID NOT FUNCTIONS COULD JUSTIFY THE PROPOSED NEW RANK, HE SAID.

OFFICERS, THE POST SENIOR

OF POSTAL AS TO THE PROMOTION PROSPECTS OFFICE WOULD CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR THE CREATION OF POSTAL OFFICER POSTS, IN ADDITION TO THE NEW POSTS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND AGREED.

DEPARTMENT

HAD

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ADDED THAT THE

POSSIBLE, INCLUDING UNDERTAKEN TO COMPLETE THE STUDIES AS QUICKLY AS

OF POSTA THAT ON THE PROPOSED MERGER OF THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT OF POSTS RANKS.

TAI PO ROAD WIDENING TO RELIEVE LION ROCK TUNNEL

* * * * *

PO PROVIDE AN LION ROCK

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) DECIDED ΤΟ WIDEN ΤΑΙ ROAD BETWEEN TAI WO PING INTERCHANGE AND SHA TIN TO ADDITIONAL LANE FOR SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC AS RELIEF FOR THE TUNNEL.

THE DECISION FOLLOWED A POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE OF WIDENING THIS SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD TO THREE LANES FOR LENGTH.

FEASIBILITY ITS WHOLE

/A GOVERNMENT