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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991

MR WONG SAID THE CO-SPONSORSHIP REPRESENTED AN UNPRECEDENTED DEGREE OF GLOBAL CO-OPERATION AMONG POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS.

"THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO FURTHER THE IDEALS OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT,

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HE SAID.

TO MARK ITS CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THE 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES, THE OFFICE WILL ISSUE A $10 DEFINITIVE STAMP SHEETLET ON DECEMBER 4 YEAR, WITH MATCHING SOUVENIR COVERS WHICH ALSO SERVE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RECOGNITION OF THE FEDERATION AS THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG.

THESE TWO PHILATELIC PRODUCTS WILL BE ON SALE OFFICE'S SEVEN PHILATELIC OFFICES.

MR WONG SAID A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS ENTITLED GAMES" A FIRST DAY COVER AND A SOUVENIR SHEET WOULD APRIL 2 NEXT YEAR, AND A SPECIAL DATESTAMP WOULD BE CANCEL THE STAMPS.

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"THESE WILL BE THE FIRST OLYMPIC STAMPS EVER ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE," HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE INITIAL DESIGNS OF THESE PRODUCTS WOULD BE ON DISPLAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

APART FROM THESE, THE POST OFFICE HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH SEVERAL POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS TO EXCHANGE SPECIAL OLYMPIC STAMPS. WITH THE STAMPS EXCHANGED, THE POST OFFICE WOULD ISSUE HIGH-QUALITY PRESENTATION PACKS FOR SALE ON JULY 25 NEXT YEAR, THE FIRST DAY OF THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES, MR WONG SAID.

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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG, MR DE O. SALES, THANKED THE GENERAL POST OFFICE FOR THE ISSUE OF SOUVENIR COVERS TO COMMEMORATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RECOGNITION OF THE FEDERATION AS THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR HONG KONG.

HE DREW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THIS SIGNIFICANT PROJECT WHICH WAS INTENDED ALSO TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SPORTS EDUCATION FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.

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APPOINTMENTS TO DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY COMMITTEE

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE APPOINTMENT NEW CHAIRMAN AND THREE NEW MEMBERS ΤΟ THE STANDING DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MRS MIRIAM LAU AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN MR JOHN SWAINE WHO STEPPED DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE

OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE, IN PLACE OF DOWN FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT AS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

/MRS LAU

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