MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1981
1
SPECIAL ROYAL WEDDING STAMP ISSUE
****
THERE WILL BE TWO MORE SPECIAL STAMP ISSUES IN 1981, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).
THE FIRST, TO COMMEMORATE THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE CHARLES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER, WILL BE ISSUED ON JULY 29, AND THE SECOND, WITH THE THEME +PUBLIC HOUSING+, WILL BE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 14.
THE ROYAL WEDDING ISSUE WILL COMPRISE THREE STAMPS (VALUES 20 CENTS, $1.30 AND $5).
THE DESIGNS INCORPORATE AN HERALDIC GARLAND SYMBOLISING THE MARRIAGE, AND A WEDDING BOUQUET COMPOSED OF BAUKINIA FLOWERS (20 CENTS)- A PHOTOGRAPH OF PRINCE CHARLES DOTTING THE EYE OF A DRAGON DURING HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG IN MARCH 1979 ($1.30)- AND AN OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPH ($5).
THE STAMPS WILL BE PRINTED IN TWO PANES OF 25 STAMPS EACH AND AN ADDED ATTRACTION FOR PHILATELISTS IS THE DECORATIVE HERALDIC DESIGN IN THE CENTRAL GUTTER BETWEEN THE TWO PANES OF STAMPS.
THE POST OFFICE EXPECTS THIS TO BE A VERY POPULAR ISSUE.
THE PUBLIC HOUSING ISSUE WILL COMPRISE FOUR STAMPS (VALUES 20 CENTS, $1, $1.30 AND $2).
A SOUVENIR SHEET FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING ISSUE WILL ALSO BE ISSUED.
THE FIRST SPECIAL ISSUE OF STAMPS IN 1982 WILL BE
MADE ON JANUARY 5, WITH THE THEME +THE PORT OF HONG KONG, PAST AND PRESENT+, AND WILL COMPRISE FOUR STAMPS (20 CENTS, $1, $1.30 AND $2).
DECISION ON WATER RESTRICTIONS DEFERRED
******
A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO IMPOSE WATER RESTRICTIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE OVERALL WATER SITUATION WILL BE MADE, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).
MR TOMLINSON SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE YIELD FROM RAINFALL TO THE ISLAND RESERVOIRS SO FAR THIS WET SEASON.
/HE EXPLAINED