68. The registered letter service to the China Mainland, which had been operating throughout the year at the rate of two to three hundred registered items per day, showed a sudden and substantial increase towards the end of the year, the number rising at times to well over 1,000 items per day.
LOCAL MAILS
69. Regular surveys of delivery sections were maintained during the year to ensure that services were keeping pace with increased traffic and building development.
70. The twice daily delivery service, excluding Sundays, was main- tained in the urban area as well as in most of the rural districts.
71. With the co-operation and assistance of the Rural Committee more expeditious delivery service was carried out on Lamma.
72. The delivery service over the southern part of Lantao was further extended to include more villages on the Island.
73.
Motorized delivery was introduced in the Sha Tin and Sai Kung areas in September 1960 and also in Castle Peak Bay and villages around San Hui from a point 12 miles to 21 miles on Castle Peak Road, New Territories. Survey also revealed that mechanization of deliveries would be profitable in other areas and plans were accordingly made to provide for purchase of further small delivery vans in the new financial year.
74. Delivery to certain Group Islands within Hong Kong territorial waters, formerly delivered through the courtesy of the Marine Police, was arranged as follows:
Kat O and Ap Chau- Tap Mun
Peng Chau
By Wai Sang Lung, Postal Agent, Sha Tau Kok. By locked bag service exchanged between Tai Po Post Office and Postal Agent at Tap Mun utilizing Yau Ma Tei Ferry Service,
By locked bag service exchanged between Tai Po and our Postal Agent at Peng Chau.
TYPHOON 'MARY'
75. Although the severity of Typhoon 'Mary' on 9th June, 1960 necessitated some deliveries being suspended it was possible to make pillar box collections during the late afternoon. Part of the roof of the Central Post Office at Kowloon and the rear doors were damaged by the strong winds but no damage was caused to the Kowloon Sorting Office although it was without light due to failure of the electricity
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