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Last day cover to mark closure of village post office

The acting Postmaster General, Mr P C Luk, announced today (Thursday) that owing to the clearance of the Tiu Keng Leng Cottage Area, the Rennie's Mill Village Post Office at District 1, Rennie's Mill Village, will be closed down after business next Saturday (August 3).

A special hand-back service will be available at the Rennie's Mill Village Post Office for philatelists on that day.

Privately prepared unregistered fully postage prepaid covers bearing the superscription "Last Day Cover" and a local address, will be accepted over the counter, impressed with the normal post office datestamp and handed back to the

customers.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations

Cumulative

Time

change

$ million

(hours)

($million)

Opening balance in the account

1,957

0930

NIL

Closing balance in the account

2,112

1000

NIL

Change attributable to :

1100

NIL

Money market activity

+5

1200

+5

LAF today

+150

1500

+5

1600

+5

LAF rate 4.00% bid/6.00% offer TWI 124.0 *+0.1* 25.7.96