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SIR GEOFFREY ADDED THAT APART FROM DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM WITH THE SOVIET AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTERS AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, MR GEORGE SHULTZ, HE HAD ALSO SPOKEN TO THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER IN NEW YORK, PRESSING HIM TO TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE ILLEGAL DEPARTURES AND TAKE BACK THOSE WHO HAD NO PROSPECT OF RESETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE. **WB SHALL KEEP UP THE PRESSURE, SIR GEOFFREY SAID.
HOWEVER, SIR GEOFFREY STRESSED THAT A "COMPLETE STILL BEING SOUGHT.
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SOLUTION" WAS
HE SAID, "THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IT CAN то FIND A LASTING SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING THE REPATRIATION OF ALL BOAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GENUINE REFUGEES,"
"WE ARE NOW IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES, UNHCR AND THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION TO EXPLAIN HONG KONG'S CHANGE IN POLICY," HE ADDED.
SIR GEOFFREY CONCLUDED HIS MESSAGE BY COMMENDING HONG KONG FOR THE GENEROUS, EFFICIENT AND HUMANE WAY IN WHICH IT HAD DEALT WITH THE INFLUX OF BOAT PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS.
FACES THAT WILL MAKE POSTAL HISTORY
FACES OF THE DEAF, THE AGED, THE BLIND AND THE NEEDY WILL BE PORTRAYED IN HONG KONG'S FIRST-EVER CHARITY STAMP ISSUE LATER THIS YEAR.
PERSONIFYING THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG'S MEMBER ORGANISATIONS, THE FOUR STAMPS IN THE SET ARE EXPECTED то RAISE $1 MILLION ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF ISSUE ON NOVEMBER 30.
AT LEAST 200,000 LOCAL PHILATELISTS ARE EXPECTED ΤΟ SUBSCRIBE TO THE HISTORIC STAMPS WHICH MIGHT FETCH A TOTAL OF $2.5 MILLION IF ALL 10 MILLION WERE SOLD.
THE STAMPS, IN DENOMINATIONS OF 70 CENTS, $1.60, $2.10 AND ARE ISSUED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THR CHEST, WHICH WILL CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
BE THE AMOUNT OF DONATION TO
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$6,
ITS
CENTS, STAMPS,
DRAWN
10
20 CENTS, WILL BE SHOWN CLEARLY ON THE
30 CENTS AND $1 RESPECTIVELY TOGETHER WITH THEIR NORMAL POSTAGE VALUE.
SENIOR CONTROLLER
ACCORDING ΤΟ THE POST OFFICE'S MARKETING), MR ALBERT LEUNG MING-FAI, THE IDEA OF STAMPS IN HONG KONG WAS FIRST PUT FORWARD BY THE DIRECTOR, MR DENIS BRAY, IN APRIL LAST YEAR.
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