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Friday, October 26, 1973
STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE SET UP
The Governor has approved the setting up of a non-statutory
committee to provide advice and guidance on postage stamp design.
This results from a recommendation put forward by the Postmaster
General on methods for improving the quality and design of Hong Kong's
postage stamps and providing for a wider cross-section of public opinion
to be obtained at the design stage. The Chairman of the Committee is the
Postmaster General.
Appointed to serve on the Committee for an initail period of
three years are:-
The Hon. Szeto Wai, O.B.E., J.P.,
Mr. Christopher D'Almada e Castro, President of the Hong Kong
Philatelic Society;
Mr. J.C.Y. Watt, Curator, Art Gallery, Chinese University of
Hong Kong:
Mr. Walter W.T. Yeung, J.P.,
Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs;
Mr. T.A. Birch,
Assistant Colonial Secretary, Home Affairs and Information Branch;
Mr. B.A. Hacker, Art Director,
Government Information Services.
The Committee will advise the Postmaster General on the designers to
be invited to submit designs, the briefs according to which the desingers will
work, the designs to be submitted for government approval and other related
issues as the Postmaster General may refer to the Committee.
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