TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1988
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PUBLIC ADVISED TO WITHHOLD UK MAIL
THE POST OFFICE ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
TODAY (TUESDAY)
TO CONTINUE TO DEFER SENDING OF AIRMAIL LETTERS AND PARCELS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ENDING OF ΤΗΣ INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY THE STAFF OF THE UK POST OFFICE, THE BRITISH POST OFFICE HAS NOT YET RESUMED THE ACCEPTANCE OF AIR LETTERS AND PARCELS FROM OVERSEAS, INCLUDING HONG KONG.
IN THE UK OFFICE
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE THE BACKLOG OF MAIL CAN BE CLEARED AND NORMAL POSTAL OPERATIONS RESUMED, A POST SPOKESMAN SAID.
FORWARD
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN HONG KONG WHO WISH TO DOCUMENTS AND BUSINESS PAPERS TO THE MAJOR CITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CAN STILL USE HONG KONG'S SPEEDPOST SERVICE WHICH HAS BEEN KEPT OPEN THROUGHOUT THE STRIKE PERIOD. THE MAJOR CITIES ARE:
BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL EDINBURGH
GLASGOW
LEEDS LIVERPOOL
LONDON MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE
NOTTINGHAM READING
SPEEDPOST ITEMS TO JERSEY ARE
NOT
AFFECTED AND ALL ITEMS,
DOCUMENTS, BUSINESS PAPERS, SAMPLES AND MERCHANDISE CAN BE ACCEPTED.
POST OFFICE CUSTOMERS WILL BE FURTHER ADVISED AS SOON AS THE SITUATION RETURNS TO NORMAL.
SUCCESSFUL WEAPONS SEARCH IN CENTRE
* * * *
SUCCESSFUL
THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE HEI LING CHAU DETENTION CENTRE EARLIER TODAY (TUESDAY).
ABOUT 120 WEAPONS OR FOTENTIAL WEAPONS WERE FOUND.
THE SRARCH WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT CO-OPERATION OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE CENTRE.
INCIDENT AND WITH
THE
"THE SEARCH
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