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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1988
LUNAR NEW YEAR STAMP ISSUE ON JANUARY 18
STAMPS COMMEMORATING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR OF THE SNAKE WILL BE RELEASED ON JANUARY 18, THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
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THIS IS THE THIRD IN THE PRESENT SERIES OF THE LUNAR NEW SPECIAL STAMP ISSUES WHICH COMMENCED IN 1987 WITH THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT.
THE ISSUE COMPRISES FOUR DENOMINATIONS (60 CENTS, $1.40, $1.80 AND $5) AND THE DESIGN FEATURES VARIOUS POSTURES OF THE SNAKE IN AN EMBROIDERY STYLE.
A SOUVENIR SHEET CONTAINING A SET OF FOUR STAMPS WILL ALSO BE ISSUED AT $8.80 EACH.
IN ADDITION, A STAMP FOLDER IN SE-TENANT FORMAT WITH FIVE 60-CENTS STAMPS IN THE UPPER ROW AND ANOTHER FIVE $1.80 STAMPS IN THE LOWER ROW WILL BE ISSUED AT $12 EACH.
THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MR KAN TAI-KEUNG AND WERE PRINTED IN HOLLAND BY JOH ENSCHEDE EN ZONEN.
THE STAMPS WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE GROUND FLOOR ENTRANCE ARENA OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN PLAZA FROM JANUARY 7 то 8, AND FROM JANUARY 7 AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CENTRAL AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE.
OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WILL BE PUT ON SALE ON JANUARY 4 AT ALL POST OFFICES.
FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED CLOSER TO THE DATE OF ISSUE.
YOUNGSTERS URGED TO SAY 'NO' TO DRUGS
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YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG MUST TREASURE THEIR YOUTH AND HEALTH AND NEVER BE TEMPTED INTO DRUG ABUSE, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR TONY REYNALDS, STRESSED TODAY (FRIDAY).
NOTING THAT WHILE THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WAS PREPARING TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVE SEASON, MR REYNALDS SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AND SAY NO TO DRUGS.
"YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE то DRUG ABUSE AND SOMETIMES, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY BE AWARE OF DRUGS, THEY OFTEN LACK THE MATURITY AND INSIGHT TO AVOID INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG ABUSE," HE SAID.
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