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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1991

MAJOR GOVERNMENT POSTAL SERVICES

MRS CHAN NOTED THAT THE POST OFFICE IS A DEPARTMENT EMPLOYING OVER 5,000 STAFF AND PROVIDING THROUGH 117 BRANCH OFFICES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

THE

"WE STILL RELY HEAVILY ON THE DEDICATION AND EFFICIENCY OF POSTAL WORKERS TO SORT AND DELIVER MAIL TO OUR DOORS ON A DAILY BASIS.

MAJOR MAIL PASSING

"HOWEVER, RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO HANDLING THE EVER-INCREASING VOLUME OF THROUGH THE POST OFFICE SYSTEM.

"IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF ITEMS HANDLED 870 MILLION PER BY THE POST OFFICE HAS GROWN FROM 405 MILLION TO YEAR," MRS CHAN SAID.

SHE

POINTED

OUT THAT

POST OFFICE LATEST

OR

EVERY

THE YEAR, IN JULY LAST INSTALLED THE MECHANISED LETTER SORTING SYSTEM WHICH USES THE

ACCESS TO POSTCODES TO TECHNOLOGY

READ ADDRESSES WITHOUT THE ZIPCODES, AND WHICH CAN SORT OVER ONE AND A HALF MILLION ITEMS DAY.

"THIS HAS IN TURN RESULTED IN SAVINGS OF SOME 200 POSTS IN FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION AND HAS HELPED THE DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN RENOWNED EFFICIENCY," SHE SAID.

IN ANOTHER CEREMONY DOMINIC S.W. WONG, AND MRS WONG SWITCHED ON

OFFICE 150TH ANNIVERSARY

CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

THE

ITS

TONIGHT,

BILLBOARD OUTSIDE

THE POSTMASTER

HONG ANOTHER

INTERNATIONAL THE

GENERAL,

KONG

MR

POST

MAIL

BILL TO REINFORCE GOVT'S RIGHT TO DETAIN VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS

PROPOSALS WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO

REINFORCE THE

LEGISLATION

EMPOWERING VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS IN HONG KONG.

THE LEGISLATIVE THE GOVERNMENT

COUNCIL ΤΟ

ΤΟ

DETAIN

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID

IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE

THE AS TO

IN

ADEQUACY

OF

AS RECENT THE

A RESULT OF CLOSE SCRUITINY OF THE COURT CASES, QUESTIONS HAD BEEN RAISED PROVISIONS GIVING LEGAL BACKING TO THE DETENTION POLICY.

WE HAVE ADEQUATE "IT IS NECESSARY, THEREFORE, TO ENSURE THAT POWERS TO IMPLEMENT THE SCREENING AND REPATRIATION OF THOSE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF HE EXPLAINED.

ACTION,

THE IMMIGRATION

TODAY, PROVIDES A CLEAR

(AMENDMENT}

STATEMENT

WAS WHICH

GAZETTED BILL 1991,

POWERS TO OF THE GOVERNMENT'S

THEIR DETERMINATION OF

AS NON-REFUGEES,

DETAIN ILLEGAL ARRIVALS FROM VIETNAM PENDING

OF THOSE SCREENED OUT

STATUS AND, IN

THE CASE

PENDING THEIR REPATRIATION.

/IT ALSO