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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1981
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DOG GOLD COINS APPLICATIONS REMINDER
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THEY HAVE ONLY TWO-AND-A-HALF WORK ING DAYS LEFT TO APPLY FOR THE YEAR OF THE DOG GOLD COINS. APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE NEXT TUESDAY (DECEMBER 1) AT 3 PM.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UP TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY, ABOUT 150 000 APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED BUT FORMS WERE STILL AVAILABLE AT ALL BRANCHES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT FOR THIS NEW ISSUE, CHEQUES ON PERSONAL ACCOUNTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS WELL AS CASHIER'S ORDERS.
+FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A PERSONAL CHEQUE ACCOUNT, CHEQUES DRAWN ON THE IR FRIENDS' OR RELATIVES' ACCOUNTS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE,+ HE SAID.
THE YEAR OF THE DOG GOLD COIN IS THE SEVENTH IN A SERIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ISSUING, SINCE 1976, TO DEPICT ANIMALS OF THE CHINESE LUNAR CALENDAR. THE PROOF COINS ARE PRICED AT $3 300 EACH, WHILE THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED VERSION AT $2 200 EACH.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT APPLICATIONS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS WITH A HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD. HE SAID, +IN THE EVENT OF OVER-SUBSCRIPTION FOR EITHER THE PROOF OR THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COINS, OR BOTH, ONLY ONE APPLICATION FROM EACH IDENTITY CARD HOLDER FOR EACH VERSION OF THE COIN WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BALLOT, AS DUPLICATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED BY COMPUTER PRIOR TO BALLOTING.+
HE URGED INTENDING APPL ICANTS TO HAND IN THE IR APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
+THEY SHOULD PRESENT THE IR COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS BY HAND TOGETHER WITH CASHIER'S ORDERS OR CHEQUES DATED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1, 1981, MADE PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT 1982 SPECIAL COIN ACCOUNT BEFORE 3 PM ON THAT DAY AT ANY OF THE SELECTED OFFICES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK, HE ADDED.
THE ADDRESSES OF THE SELECTED BRANCHES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK ARE AS FOLLOWS 1
7, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
82, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
673, NATHAN ROAD, MONG KOK, KOWLOON.
150, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES.
455-457, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES.
/306 KING'E ROAD