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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1991

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AIR MAIL SERVICES TO MIDDLE EAST RESUMED

WONG, ANNOUNCED

TODAY

SERVICES INCLUDING

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. (SATURDAY) THE RESUMPTION OF ALL AIR SPEEDPOST TO THE FOLLOWING MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES:

BAHRAIN (STATE OF)

GAZA AND KHAN YUNIS JORDAN

MAIL

CYPRUS IRAN

ISRAEL

LEBANON

QATAR (DOHA AND UMM SAID) SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

OMAN SULTANATE OF SAUDI ARABIA

TURKEY

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF)

"I AM GLAD THAT THIS IS NOW POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE FORWARD MAIL ITEMS IN MAKING ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS TO PLACES BY AIR," MR WONG SAID.

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SUCCEEDED THESE

ALL AIR MAIL SERVICES INCLUDING SPEEDPOST TO REMAIN SUSPENDED.

TRAQ AND KUWAIT

MEDIA PLAYS CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION

THE MEDIA CAN HELP PROMOTE RESIDENTS' CIVIC AWARENESS, WHICH IS CRUCIAL TO COMMUNITY BUILDING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, DR DANIEL TSE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

* DR TSE WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ON THE "MASS MEDIA AND CIVIC EDUCATION" ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.

"IN VIEW OF THE EXTENT OF ITS INFLUENCE ON AND CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE MASS MEDIA IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE CHANNELS FOR PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION, HE SAID.

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DR TSE APPEALED TO THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO JOIN THE RANKS OF CIVIC EDUCATION FRONTLINE WORKERS IN CHAMPIONING THIS MEANINGFUL CAUSE.

THE OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR INCLUDED THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION (HKJA), MISS LEE YUET-WAH; HEAD OF RTHK'S CHINESE NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS SECTION, MR SHIU LO-SIN; A LECTURER IN JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, DR JOSEPH CHAN TAO-MAN; AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR TAI HAY-LAP.

THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA ON PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS AND THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF MEDIA REPORTS AND RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY TWO COMMENTATORS, COMMITTEE MEMBER MR CHENG KAI-NAM AND A CHINESE UNIVERSITY LECTURER DR LEUNG WAI-YIN.

THE DISCUSSION WAS THEN OPENED TO THE FLOOR WHICH COMPRISED PARTICIPANTS FROM THE MASS MEDIA AND CIVIC EDUCATION ORGANISATIONS.

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S SEMINAR WERE MISS EMULY LAU AND THE CONVENOR OF THE LEONARD CHU,

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