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"The permits will allow the holders to visit Hong Kong for up to seven days in any calendar month. The fee for the permit is HK$90," a Immigration Department spokesman said.
"The arrangement is the final phase of our plan to lower the residential requirement for ex-China residents of Macau for the issue of such permits to two years."
However, the spokesman emphasised: "There is no easing of existing system of immigration control and that visitors must leave Hong Kong at the end of their permitted stay."
For enquiries, members of the public may telephone 2824 6111 or use faxline
2877 7711.
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Philatelic collection set for the Year of the Rat
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) and the World Wide Fund For Nature Hong Kong (WWFHK) today (Thursday) announced the launching of a philatelic collection set to celebrate the Year of the Rat.
The set comprises two editions of first day covers, four postcards and a souvenir pack depicting the Year of the Rat. Distribution will be limited.
The production of the collection set is timed to tie in with the new special stamps of rats to be issued by the Post Office on January 31.
The normal covers and postcards will be on sale from Saturday (January 13) and the special covers and souvenir packs will be available from February 3 at the WWFHK Office, No 1, Tramway Path, Central.
Assistant Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr Frank Lau, praised WWFHK for producing these items. The special first day covers and postcards feature four different rats with information about them.
"They are educational as well as a collector's item," he said.