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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1974.
OPENING OF PHILATELIC SALES COUNTER
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A PHILATELIC SALES COUNTER WILL BE OPENED SHORTLY AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO SELL STAMPS OF RECENT COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES AND SOUVENIR FOLDERS CONTAINING STAMPS OF CURRENT DEFINITIVE ISSUE.
MR. C. D'ALMADA, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG PHILATELIC SOCIETY AND MR. J.B. SHAW, PRESIDENT OF THE CHINA PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID +FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PHILATELIC COVERS TO BE HAND STAMPED AND A SPECIAL POSTING BOX WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THESE COVERS.+
THESE SERVICES, HE SAID, WOULD BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO TOURISTS INTERESTED IN PHILATELY.
SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES CODE OF PRACTICE
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, WILL BE ISSUING TO ALL SCHOOLS A CODE OF PRACTICE RELATING TO THE SALES OF TEXTBOOKS, EXERCISE BOOKS, SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND OTHER SCHOOL ACCESSORIES IN EARLY JANUARY WHEN SCHOOLS RESUME AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
FULL DETAILS OF THE CODE WILL BE GIVEN TO NEWSPAPERS ON. ITS BEING ISSUED TO SCHOOLS.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES FOLLOWING THE COMMITTEE'S THIRD MEETING ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
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