TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1983
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THE KOWLOON BAY VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRE AT 2 CHEUNG YIP STREET IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR EXAMINATION APPOINTMENTS FROM APPROPRIATE VEHICLE OWNERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
APPOINTMENT FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ALL LICENSING OFFICES AND VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRES OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE ON 3-7597505.
HONG KONG STAMPS FOR COMMONWEALTH FUND
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THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE WILL DONATE 23 000 SETS OF FOUR COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS ON MARCH 14 IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMONWEALTH FUND FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE FOUR STAMPS, IN DENOMINATIONS OF 30 CENTS, $1, $1.30 AND $5 WILL BE ISSUED THAT DAY TO MARK THIS YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH DAY.
BOTH THE STAMP ISSUE AND THE DONATION ARE IN RESPONSE TO
A DECISION MADE BY THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT IN MELBOURNE IN 1981, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE COMMONWEALTH, WHICH COMPRISES 47 MEMBER COUNTRIES AND 11 ASSOCIATED STATES AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES, HAS A QUARTER OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION.
ONE OF THE LONG-STANDING AIMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH IS TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AMONG ITS MEMBER COUNTRIES WHO VOLUNTARILY SUBSCRIBE TO THE COMMONWEALTH FUND FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION, HE POINTED OUT.
MEANWHILE, FIRST-DAY COVERS FOR THE STAMP ISSUE ARE NOW ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES AT 50 CENTS EACH, AND ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SERVICING THE COVERS ARE BEING ACCEPTED UNTIL 5 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
SPECIAL COUNTERS WILL BE SET UP AT A NUMBER OF POST OFFICES FOR NORMAL POSTAL BUSINESS ON THE DAY OF THE NEW ISSUE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THEY ARE THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND THE BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CAUSEWAY BAY, HENNESSY ROAD, MORRISON HILL, NORTH POINT, QUEEN'S ROAD AND SHEUNG WAN POST OFFICES.
IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, THEY ARE THE KOWLOON CENTRAL, CHEUNG SHA WAN, GILLIES AVENUE, KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO, TSIM SHA TSU! AND TSUEN WAN POST OFFICES.
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