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Souvenir cover on achievements of Paralympic Team issued
Following is a question by Dr the Hon Huang Chen-ya and a reply by the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council whether consideration has been given to issuing commemorative stamps and souvenir covers to commemorate the outstanding achievements of the Hong Kong Paralympic Team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games; if so, when such stamps and covers will be put on sale; if not, why not?
Reply:
Mr President,
In recent years, commemorative stamps issued by the Post Office were on average five to six sets each year. As selection of the themes is limited, competition is very keen. Further, because lead times are long, the themes and their designs for each year
has to be drawn and finalised at least 15 months in advance. For these reasons, it is impossible for the Post Office to issue commemorative stamps to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the Paralympic Team in the near future.
However, the design and production of souvenir covers can be done within a much shorter time scale. Following consultation with the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, the Post Office has already issued a souvenir cover on 29 October 1996 to commemorate the achievements of the Hong Kong Paralympic Team at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
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