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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992

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MOST LOCAL MAIL DELIVERED WITHIN TARGET TIME

* * * *

NINETY-SEVEN

PER CENT

OF LOCAL MAIL ITEMS

TARGET

THE

MEET THE

TOLD

DELIVERY TIME WHICH IS DELIVERY BY THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER POSTING,

ECONOMIC

MRS SERVICES,

ANSON SECRETARY FOR

CHAN, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN 1989, 96 PER CENT OF LOCAL MAIL MET THE STANDARD.

HOWEVER,

THE

TARGET DOES NOT APPLY TO POSTINGS MADE WHICH MAY TAKE LONGER TO PROCESS AND DELIVER.

IN

BULK

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HENRY CHAN SAID ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS STANDARD WAS MEASURED BY TEAM

POST THE WITHIN

SAMPLE

OFFICE,

SELECTING

A MAIL BAGS

TANG, MRS DEDICATED

FOR

INSPECTION.

GENERAL

MACHINES,

11

"TO

IMPROVE FURTHER ON DELIVERY TIMES, THE POSTMASTER CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE PROCUREMENT OF PACKET SORTING MRS CHAN SAID.

IS

AS AT THE END OF OCTOBER, 1,684 DELIVERY POSTMEN WERE DFT LOYED.

0

MOTION ON RETIREMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM PASSED

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A

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED A MOTION ON COMMUNITY-WIDE RETIREMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM AFTER A TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR DEBATE.

HON

THE MEMBERS SPOKE ON THE MOTION PROPOSED BY TWENTY-THREE TAM YIU-CHUNG, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, REPLIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

THE

THE MOTION READ: "THIS COUNCIL TAKES NOTE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS IN THE CONSULTATION PAPER

"A

RETIREMENT COMMUNITY-WIDE PROTECTION SCHEME" AND URGES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON PROPOSALS

TO SUGGEST ALTERNATIVES

OF THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ON 31ST JANUARY 1993.

OR

BEFORE

++

THE

EXPIRY

ANOTHER MOTION ON NATIONALITY OF ETHNIC MINORITIES MOVED BY THE MOVED HON JIMMY MCGREGOR WAS ALSO PASSED. AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION BY THE HON RONALD ARCULLI WAS DEFEATED.

THE MOTION,

MEMBERS DEBATED TEN

THE ACTING SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, REPLIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

SECRETARY FOR

THREE BILLS

FUNCTIONS

AND

-

TRADING FUNDS BILL, ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO.3) BILL 1992 AND REGISTRAR GENERAL (ESTABLISHMENT) (TRANSFER OF

REPEAL) BILL WERE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND

SECOND

READINGS.

DEBATES ON THEM WERE ADJOURNED.

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