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Advanced welfare payment
Recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) under the bank payment system will receive their payments tomorrow (October 19) if their pay- day fall on the coming public holiday (October 21).
"Special payment arrangements will also be made for recipients of Social Security Allowance whose pay-day on that day", a Social Welfare Department spokesman said today (Friday).
"Those who have bank accounts in Hongkong Bank or Hang Seng Bank will receive their payments tomorrow (October 19) whereas those with accounts in other banks will get their payments next Tuesday (October 22)", he added.
In case of doubt, recipients are advised to contact their respective social security field units.
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Stamp sheetlet to mark athletics' outstanding achievements
A $10 definitive stamp sheetlet to congratulate the outstanding achievements of the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Olympic Team at the centeraial Olympic Games will be issued on October 29, the Postmaster General, Mr Robert Footman, announced today (Friday).
Two souvenir covers will be put on sale at all post offices at $1 each as from Tuesday (October 22).
The first one featuring windsurfing and other sports entered by the Hong Kong Olympic Team in 1996 will be issued to congratulate the outstanding achievements of the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Olympic Team at the centennial Olympic Games.
The second one on various sports taken part by the Paralympic Team of Hong Kong is to felicitate the outstanding achievements of the Hong Kong Team in the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games.