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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988
UK POSTAL DISPUTE AFFECTS MAIL FROM HK
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THE POST OFFICE ADVISED THE PUBLIC TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT BECAUSE THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION TAKEN BY POSTAL STAFF IN THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ESCALATED, THE UNITED KINGDOM POST OFFICE HAS DECIDED TO SUSPEND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE ACCEPTANCE OF LETTERS AND PARCELS FROM HONG KONG.
CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO SEND DOCUMENTS AND BUSINESS PAPERS то THE MAJOR CITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CAN STILL USE HONG KONG'S SPEEDPOST SERVICE AND THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE IS USING ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO EFFECT DELIVERY. THE MAJOR CITIES ARE:
BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL EDINBURGH
GLASGOW
LEEDS
LIVERPOOL
LONDON MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE NOTTINGHAM READING
SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO THE UK FOR SAMPLES AND MERCHANDISE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
HAS
SPEEDPOST ITEMS TO JERSEY ARE NOT AFFECTED AND ALL ITEMS, DOCUMENTS, BUSINESS PAPERS, SAMPLES AND MERCHANDISE CAN BE ACCEPTED.
THE POST OFFICE SAID CUSTOMERS WILL BE ADVISED AS SOON AS THE SITUATION RETURNS TO NORMAL.
HK ISLAND (EAST) CONSTITUENCY PRE-ELECTION GATHERING
A PRE-ELECTION GATHERING OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND (EAST) ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY WILL BE ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE EASTERN AND WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICES ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 10).
THE GATHERING WILL ENABLE ELECTORS IN THE CONSTITUENCY TO KNOW THEIR CONSTITUENCY'S CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTIONS.
LEGISLATIVE
COLLEGE
TO GET COUNCIL
CONSTITUENCY
THE HONG KONG ISLAND (EAST) ELECTORAL COMPRISES 45 MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN AND WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARDS.
/STANDING FOR
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