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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1994
FIRST DAY COVERS PRE-AFFIXED WITH A SET OF STAMPS AND CANCELLED THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE POSTMARK AT $13.30 EACH WILL ONLY BB AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING SIX PHILATELIC OFFICES:
WITH
BEACONSFIELD HOUSE POST OFFICE
GENERAL POST OFFICE
GRANVILLE ROAD POST OFFICE
PEAK POST OFFICE
SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE
TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE
CUSTOMERS INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THESE SERVICED FIRST DAY COVERS ARE ADVISED TO DO SO THROUGH PLACING ADVANCE ORDERS.
ALL
A HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL OFFICIAL AND PRIVATELY MADE COVERS BEARING THE "FIRST DAY" INDICATION ON JANUARY 27 AT POST OFFICES EXCEPT THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE.
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING AWARD OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS
THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ORGANISING AN AWARD SCHEME TO ENCOURAGE THE DESIGN OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING SERVICES SYSTEMS.
NOMINATIONS ARE INVITED BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY 28 FOR ALL BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTIONS WHICH WILL LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR, TO COMPETE FOR THE ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDING AWARD 1994.
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEK, MISS MARY CHOW, SAID THE AWARD SCHEME AIMED TO FOSTER PUBLIC APPRECIATION FOR BUILDINGS THAT HAD ACHIEVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS WELL AS GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE.
"WE HOPE THE SCHEME WILL ALSO INCREASE THE AWARENESS AMONG PROFESSIONALS. OF THE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FNERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDING DESIGNS, SHE SAID.
OF
THE ENTRIES WILL BE ASSESSED ACCORDING TO THE OVERALL MERIT THE BUILDINGS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR ENERGY-EFFICIENCY FEATURES AND THEIR DESIGN INNOVATION.
THE ASSESSMENT PANEL WILL COMPRISE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MISS CHRISTINE DOH, PROFESSOR POON CHUNG-KHONG OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, MR ROCCO YIM FROM THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, MR JAMES KWAN FROM THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MR DANIEL LAM FROM THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENTS.
/THE WINNERS