WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1993
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TSO SHIU-WAI ELECTED TO LEGCO
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MR
THE
TSO SHIU-WAI WAS TODAY (WEDNESDAY} ELECTED TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY BY-ELECTION.
MR
MR TSO WON A TOTAL OF 17 VOTES TO DEFEAT THREE OTHER CANDIDATES YEUNG FUK-KWONG (SIX VOTES), MR LAU KONG-WAH (FIVE VOTES) AND MR CHOW YICK-HAY (FIVE VOTES).
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SOUVENIR COVER MARKS STAMP EXHIBITION
POST OFFICE WILL ISSUE A SPECIALLY DESIGNED SOUVENIR COVER ON AUGUST 16 TO COMMEMORATE ITS PARTICIPATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE.
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EXHIBITION
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ACTING
POSTMASTER GENERAL, MRS DORIS HO, SAID THE
SINGPEX '93 WILL BE HELD FROM AUGUST 21 TO 23.
THE SOUVENIR COVER, AT $1 EACH, WILL BE ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING SIX PHILATELIC OFFICES:
BEACONSFIELD HOUSE POST OFFICE
GENERAL POST OFFICE
GRANVILLE ROAD POST OFFICE
PEAK POST OFFICE
SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE
TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE
ON AUGUST 21 WHEN THE EXHIBITION OPENS, A HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE SIX PHILATELIC OFFICES FOR THE OFFICIAL SOUVENIR COVERS AND ANY PRIVATELY MADE COVERS BEARING AN INDICATION OF THE EXHIBITION.
PURPOSE.
A SPECIAL DATESTAMP AND A CACHET WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR THE
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FISHERIES STUDY TOUR DEPARTS FOR MEXICO ON FRIDAY
A 10-MEMBER DELEGATION, COMPRISING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR LAU WAH-SUM AND DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DR LAWRENCE LEE, WILL DEPART FOR MEXICO ON FRIDAY (JULY 30) ΤΟ STUDY ITS FISHING INDUSTRY, PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETING SYSTEMS.
TO MARK THE DELEGATION'S DEPARTURE, DR LEE PRESENTED A BANNER TO ITS LEADER, MR WONG YUNG-KAN, AT A CEREMONY AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, DR LEE SAID THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION (FMO) HAD ARRANGED 11 SIMILAR OVERSEAS STUDY TOURS SINCE 1981.
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