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Tomorrow (September 7) was designated as "Hongkong Post Love and Care Day" in support of its service culture of care from the heart, the Postmaster General Mr Tam Wing-pong, announced today (September 6).
This follows the success of previous years' Love and Care Day when the offer of a free local delivery of a personal letter was launched to encourage the public to send caring messages to their loved ones.
"Letter writing is an indispensable means of communication. It is also a powerful and meaningful way to communicate with someone important to you. Therefore, we're again organising the 'One Person, One Letter' activity for Love and Care Day," Mr Tam said. "The programme also supports the 'Linking People' mission of our corporate purpose statement, 'Linking People, Delivering Business'."
Mr Tam said that on Love and Care day, customers were invited to send one postage-free letter to a special recipient in Hong Kong. To encourage people to participate in the activity, there will be special posting boxes available at 10 designated post offices spread across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories to receive their postings on that day (Please refer to the attachment for the details of posting arrangement and list of designated post offices).
As a special gift to visiting customers on that day, all post office counters will give away a free Octopus cardholder while stocks last.
For full information about the "One Person, One Letter" programme, please ask at your local post office or check out the Hongkong Post Website at www.hongkongpost.com, or call the Hongkong Post Hotline 2921 2222.
Ends/Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Issued at HKT 12:45
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