SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1990
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NECESSITY TO CHANGE POST OFFICE'S TITLE BEING CONSIDERED
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(SATURDAY)
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, TODAY
DEPARTMENT SHOULD SEEK SAID THAT HE WAS NOW CONSIDERING WHETHER HIS
ROLE IN POSTS AND TO CHANGE ITS TITLE TO PROPERLY REFLECT ITS FULL TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SPEAKING AT
THE
PRIZE-GIVING
THE CEREMONY FOR
OPEN STAMP AND EXHIBITION DESIGN COMPETITION HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION
GENERAL MISCONCEPTION CENTRE, MR WONG SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO DISPEL A THAT THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE MERELY HANDLED STAMPS AND POSTS,
"AS THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, I ALSO WEAR
HE SAID. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY,
DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
THE
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ANOTHER HAT ENTITLED "AS SUCH,
HAVE ALL
INCLUDED SUCH HE POINTED OUT THAT THESE ORDINARY TELEPHONES, INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONES,
CORDLESS TELEPHONES, COMMUNICATION,
REGULATION
I
OF
FAMILIAR THINGS AS
FACSIMILE, TELEX, PAGERS, SATELLITE
GENERAL
RADIO MOBILE
TELEPHONES,
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SOME
BROADCASTING.
"THIS IS AN EXTREMELY WIDE
AND
INCREASINGLY
RESPONSIBILITY,
HE SAID.
ASPECTS
OF
IMPORTANT
MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT STAMP DESIGNS IN HONG KONG VERY GOOD REPUTATION BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS.
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ENJOYED A
BUT SENSIBLE
IS POLICY WHICH
TO ISSUES NORMALLY TO FIVE EACH
'WE HAVE FOLLOWED A STRICT LIMIT THE FREQUENCY OF SPECIAL STAMP YEAR.
"THIS IS IN SHARP
CONTRAST TO
FOREIGN SOME
POSTAL
ADMINISTRATIONS WHICH RELEASE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 SPECIAL ISSUES A YEAR, OR EVEN MORE.
"IF THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE WERE TO ADOPT THIS POLICY, SURE THAT OUR STAMP COLLECTORS WOULD HAVE BAULKED THEIR POPULATION WOULD HAVE DIMINISHED HAVE SUFFERED DRASTICALLY, HE SAID.
AND OUR
I AM AT THE PRACTICE, SALES FIGURE WOULD
CIVIC
то
THE STRICT POLICY AND IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT BY ADHERING
SALES
OF POTENTIAL NATURALLY THROUGH GENERAL
EDUCATION, THE SPECIAL STAMPS HAD CONSTANTLY BEEN ON THE INCREASE, MR WONG SAID.
HE SAID THAT ON A TYPICAL FIRST DAY
OF ISSUE, THE POST OFFICE OVER 300,000 SOLD ON AVERAGE OVER $5 MILLION WORTH OF NEW STAMPS AND FIRST DAY COVERS.
"ON SPECIAL
OCCASIONS,
SUCH
AS
HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS OF YEAR AND THE YEAR OF THE HORSE 1990 OUR AND $10.5 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
THE
VISIT OF
ROYAL THEIR WALES TO HONG KONG LAST SALES REACHED $9.7 MILLION
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