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MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1987
SPECIAL HISTORICAL STAMPS ON SALE APRIL 23
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A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS DEPICTING HISTORICAL SCENES OF HONG KONG WILL BE ISSUED BY THE POST OFFICE ON APRIL 23.
THE STAMPS, DESIGNED BY MR JOHNNY YIM, WERE PRINTED IN IRELAND BY BDT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTERS LTD.
$5.
THE STAMPS ARE IN DENOMINATIONS OF 50 CENTS, $1.30, $1.70 AND
THEY WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE PHILATELIC CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE FROM THURSDAY (APRIL 9).
OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON THE SAME DAY,
ADVANCE ORDERS FOR FIRST DAY TREATMENT OF FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THURSDAY TO APRIL 15 AT ALL POST OFFICES. THE MINIMUN ORDER IS FIVE.
CUSTOMERS WISHING TO AVOID CONGESTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE SHOULD MAKE USE OF THE ADVANCE ORDER SERVICE.
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF CUSTOMERS, FIRST DAY COVERS PRE-AFFIXED WITH A SET OF THE STAMPS AND CANCELLED WITH THE PHILATELIC BUREAU DATESTAMP WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $10 AT DESIGNATED COUNTERS AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, AS WELL AS BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI AND KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICES ON APRIL 23.
DB COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS DRAINAGE PROPOSALS
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PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN MONG KOK WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD IN A MEETING TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
FOLLOWING A SURVEY ON SEWERAGE PROBLEMS INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN DRAINAGE DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS COMPILED TWO REPORTS ON THE ISSUE AND PUT FORWARD VARIOUS PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL TO SET UP WORKING GROUPS TO OVERSEAS MATTERS RELATING TO THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO TUNG CHOI STREET HAWKER PERMITTED PLACES, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD MONG KOK DISTRICT.