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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1991

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POSTAL RESUMPTION TO U.S. AND CANADA

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC 9.W. WONG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THE RESUMPTION OF AIR PARCEL, SMALL PACKET AND SPREDPOST MERCHANDISE SERVICES TO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND ALL CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

"I AM PLEASED THAT THIS IS NOW POSSIBLE DUE ΤΟ INCREASED SPACE PROVISION BY AIRLINES, MR WONG SAID.

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AS ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY, THE PUBLIC MAY EXPECT SOME DELAY IN AIR MAIL SERVICES, INCLUDING SPEEDPOST,

ΤΟ ALL DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE OF PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TAKEN BY AIRLINES IN RESPONSE TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GULF AREA.

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TWO-CENTURY-OLD CANNON TO QUARD FIRE STATION

THE AP LEI CHAU FIRE STATION IS TO HAVE A "FAITHFUL

A 200 YEAR-OLD CANNON.

AT ITS THRESHOLD

GUARDIAN"

DONATED BY THE AP LEI CHAU KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION, THE CANNON IS TO STAND GUARD AT THE FRONT GATE OF THE FIRE STATION FROM TODAY (MONDAY).

THE CANNON, CAST IN THE LATE 1700'S, WAS GIVEN TO THE OLD AP LEI CHAU FIRE STATION IN SAN SHI STREET WHEN IT OPENED IN 1976. EVER SINCE, THE CANNON WAS PUT AT THE FRONT OF THE STATION AS ITS "GUARDIAN".

TO COPE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND, THE OLD STATION WAS REPLACED BY A NEW SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION, AT 300 AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE ROAD.

TO HELP RELOCATING THE CANNON TO THE NEW FIRE STATION, THE AP LEI CHAU KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION DONATED MORE THAN $11,000 TO COVER THE EXPENSES.

CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HONG KONG), MR RAYMOND JOHNSTON, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AP LEI CHAU KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION, MR НО CHUN-TUNG, OFFICIATED AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TODAY TO MARK THE RELOCATION OF THE CANNON ΤΟ THE NEW FIRE STATION. MR HO ALSO ENSHRINED THE CANNON AFTERWARDS.

AT THE CEREMONY, REPRESENTATIVES FROM TWO LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS PRESENTED A TOTAL OF THREE BANNERS TO THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PUTTING OUT THREE FIRES LAST YEAR.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTH DISTRICT SHIPBUILDING TRADE OWNERS ASSOCIATION, MR CHU CHUN-YIN, PRESENTED A BANNER ΤΟ ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER OF AP LEI CHAU FIRE STATION, MR TU CHUNG-WAI, FOR PUTTING OUT A THIRD ALARM FIRE AT A SHIPYARD IN PAK SHA WAN, ON NOVEMBER 13.

/THE FIRE