Post_Office_1968-1969 — Page 9

HKPost Annual Reports & Postal Guides 香港郵政年報指南 All

18. Two two-week Supervisory Management Courses, planned and conducted in association with the Government Training Division, were attended by a total of 29 officers of the Department.

Temporary Staff for Christmas

19. A force of 60 temporary clerks and 120 casual labourers was engaged to assist in the handling of mail during the Christmas pressure period.

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20. Revenue collected

Department amounted to $121,286,602.92, an increase of 17.8% over the preceding year and more than three times the amount collected 10 years ago. The sale of duty stamps amounting to $5,332,797.90 was 6.2% more than in 1967-68 and postage stamps utilized for fees on Certificates of Origin totalling $5,128,003.00, 7.7% more.

21. Expenditure during the year amounted to $71,191,111.37. The increase over 1967-68 was in part due to salary awards effective from the 1st April, 1968 and otherwise principally to increased airmail con- veyance payments and a carry-over of mail conveyance accounts from the previous year.

22. Payments made for telephone services provided for Government Departments amounted to $3,199,249.75, some $10,000 more than in the preceding year. However this year saw the abolition of local toll charges which reduced costs by a nett $177,536.

23. The turnover in Post Office business inclusive of postal remit tance services exceeded 255 millions of dollars.

Telecommunication Licences

24. Licensing revenue of all types totalled $2,392,196.00. The increase of more than one million was chiefly accounted for by approximately 40,000 broadcast television licences.

Postage Stamp Issues

25. Three special issues of postage stamps were made as follows:

24. 4.68

20.11.68

11. 2.69

Harbour-craft Pictorial Issue

Human Rights Year Issue

Lunar New Year Issue

10c, 20c, 40c, 50c, $1 and $1.30

10c and 50c

10c and $1.30

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