SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1983
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POST OFFICE TO ISSUE NEW STAMPS
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HONG KONG BY NIGHT - WITH ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND SPLENDOUR THAT IT CONJURES UP - HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE THEME FOR A SET OF FOUR NEW COLOUR STAMPS,
THE STAMPS. IN DENOMINATIONS OF 30 CENTS, $1, $1.30 AND $5, WILL BE ISSUED BY THE POST OFFICE ON AUGUST 17, 1983.
THE 30C STAMP SHOWS HONG KONG'S BUSINESS DISTRICT VIEWED FROM THE PEAK, WITH THE MAGNIFICENT HARBOUR AND BUSTLING KOWLOON IN THE BACKGROUND.
THE $1 STAMP SHOWS THE TOURIST DISTRICT OF TSIM SHA TSUI IN THE LATE EVENING, WITH THE MODERNISTIC DOME OF THE SPACE MUSEUM BESIDE THE STATELY OLD CLOCK TOWER OF THE FORMER KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION.
THE $1.30 STAMP DISPLAYS A SCENE FROM THE ANNUAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY HELD IN THE HARBOUR TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. COLOURFUL HONG KONG BECOMES EVEN MORE SPLENDID AS FIREWORKS BRIGHTEN THE NIGHT SKY WITH THEIR COLOUR.
THE $5 STAMP PORTRAYS A FLOATING SEA FOOD RESTAURANT MOORED IN ABERDEEN HARBOUR.
THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY DR TAO HO, AN ARCHITECT, USING PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY ROBERT LAM.
THIS ISSUE OF STAMPS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ON NOVEMBER 23 TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
THEMES HAVE ALSO BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE 1984 STAMP ISSUING PROGRAMME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID.
THE THEMES ARE AVIATION IN HONG KONG, MAPS OF HONG KONG, CHINESE LANTERNS AND THE CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THESE ISSUES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
TWO INFORMATION DIRECTORIES ON TUEN MUN PUBLISHED *****
WITH AMPLE LABOUR SUPPLY, A WIDE VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL SITES AND EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS, TUEN MUN IS WELL PLACED TO PLAY ITS PART IN MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S PROMINENT POSITION IN WORLD TRADE, ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT'S RECENTLY-PUBLISHED INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY.
THE 282-PAGE DIRECTORY, WHICH CONTAINS DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE NEW TOWN, SAYS THAT TUEN MUN WILL HOUSE EIGHT PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S POPULATION OF OVER SIX MILLION PEOPLE BY 1991.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE NEW TOWN CAN PROVIDE AT LEAST 2 050 HECTARES OF DEVELOPMENT AREA, OF WHICH MORE THAN 11 PER CENT WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.
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