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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1994
ON THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, A HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED AT ALL POST OFFICES, EXCEPT THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE, TO OFFICIAL AND PRIVATELY-MADE COVERS AND POSTCARDS BEARING THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE INDICATION.
A SPECIAL POSTMARK FOR THE HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED.
33 VMS RETURN HOME
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A GROUP OF 33 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM ON A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT.
COMPRISING 10 MEN, 10 WOMEN, FIVE BOYS AND EIGHT GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 213TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.
THE GROUP BROUGHT TO 4,033 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAD RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 42,646 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
HK CHILDREN TO SPEND DAY WITH ARMY
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OVER 40
CHILDREN, AGED BETWEEN 8 AND 14, WILL SPEND AN AFTERNOON WITH THE BRITISH FORCES AT BLACKDOWN BARRACKS, KOWLOON.
ANDERSON CLUB,
ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 11) A PARTY FROM THE HANS
婴 DIANA BOYD WILSON CENTRE, WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY MILITARY PERSONNEL DRAWN FROM THE BRITISH FORCES SERVING IN HONG KONG.
THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES
RIFLE RANGE.
ΤΟ FIRE RIFLES ON THE
THEY WILL BE PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES ON THE MILITARY ASSAULT COURSE, WHICH IS BEING SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO SUIT THEM.
THOSE WHO LIKE TO BE DRIVEN, WILL BE ABLE ΤΟ CRUISE BLACKDOWN BARRACKS ON THE FAMOUS CANNONBALL EXPRESS WHICH WILL THEIR DISPOSAL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.
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THERE WILL ALSO BE MORE CONVENTIONAL ACTIVITIES ON THE PITCH, SUCH AS RUNNING RACES, JUMPING COMPETITIONS AND, OF COURSE, EGG AND SPOON RACE.
/THE AIM