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Souvenir cover for Post Office Trading Fund
The Postmaster General, Mr Mike Pagliari, announced today (Sunday) that to commemorate the start of the Post Office Trading Fund, a souvenir cover will be issued and placed on sale at all post offices on August 1 at a selling price of $1 each.
A hand-back service will also be provided on the same day to cancel these souvenir covers as well as for all other privately made covers bearing indication of the
event.
End/Sunday, July 30, 1995
Fund-raising schedule for August
Seven organisations have been granted permission to raise funds in August, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (Sunday).
They will either sell flags, tokens or similar items, or place donation boxes in designated public places.
doubt.
Members of the public can call the Department's hotline 2343 2255 in case of
Any organisation planning to hold activities involving collection of money or sale or exchange for donation of badges, tokens or similar articles in a public place for charitable purposes should apply for a public subscription permit from the Social Welfare Department.
fraud.
The spokesman appealed to organisers to take precautions against any possible
"Sellers should display the permit or carry copies of the permit for inspection upon request if the fund-raising is mobile," he said.
The spokesman also advised them to prepare guidelines for sellers, setting out the places and the times for selling and the collection points for bags.