WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1992
STATEMENT ISSUED BY LORD MACLEHOSE OF BEOCH, THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG ON SIR DAVID WILSON'S PEERAGE AND RETIREMENT
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LORD MACLEHOSE COMMENTED: "OVER THE LIFE PEERAGE I AM DELIGHTED, THIS AUTHORITATIVE VOICE IN WESTMINSTER WILL BK EXCELLENT FOR HONG KONG, AND THE HONOUR FOR SIR DAVID HAS BEEN IMMENSELY WELL EARNED BY HIS DEVOTED AND SKILFUL SERVICE. NONE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, HE WILL BE HARD TO REPLACE, AND EVERYONE IS NOW SPECULATING. MY JOB DESCRIPTION IS SOMEONE, NO MATTER OF WHAT RACE OR BACKGROUND, ACCEPTABLE TO PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, PEKING AND LONDON, WHO CAN INSPIRE A HARMONIOUS TRANSITION TO THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE'S FUTURE IN IT; SO IT WILL NEED STRENGTH AND DYNAMISM AS WELL AS WISDOM BY SOMEONE WHO WILL RISE TO THE CHALLENGE."
SPECIAL STAMPS FOR YEAR OF MONKEY
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS "YEAR OF THE MONKEY" WILL BE ISSUED ON JANUARY 22.
THERE WILL BE FOUR DENOMINATIONS: 80 CENTS,
$1.80, $2.30 AND
$5.
ISSUED.
A SOUVENIR SHEET INCORPORATING THE FOUR STAMPS WILL ALSO BE
A STAMP BOOKLET, CONTAINING SIX EACH OF THE 80 CENTS AND $2.30 STAMPS, WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT $18.60.
THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MR KAN TAI-KEUNG AND PRINTED BY LEIGH-MARDON PTY. LTD OF AUSTRALIA.
THE STAMPS WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR ADVANCE INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AND SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE AS FROM JANUARY 6.
OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES AS FROM JANUARY 6 AT 70 CENTS EACH.
ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SERVICED FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY 6 TO 13. THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF COVERS PER ORDER IS FIVE.
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF CUSTOMERS, FIRST DAY COVERS PRE-AFFIXED WITH A SET OF STAMPS AND CANCELLED WITH THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE DATESTAMP WILL BE AVAILABLE AT HK$12.10 EACH AT THE FOLLOWING 29 POST OFFICES:
/HONG KONG ISLAND