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The Town Planning Board 1995 Annual Report is divided into three parts. The first part covers the establishment and functions of the Board; the second gives an account of the work of the Board in 1995; and the third explains its work involved in housing supply and elaborates the selected cases of the Board's involvement in housing supply.
The English version of the report is available at $22 per copy at the Government Publications Centre, ground floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong.
The Chinese version is being prepared and will be put on sale once it is available.
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Philatelic collection set for the Year of the Ox
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) and World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong (WWF HK) today (Friday) announced the launching of a philatelic collection set to celebrate the "Year of the Ox".
The set comprises one Normal Cover, two editions of Special Covers, one set of Postcards and one set of Souvenir Pack for limited distribution.
The special first day covers and postcards feature four different oxen with information about each ox, making them educational as well as collectable.
The production of the items is timed to tie in with the new special stamps of ox to be issued by the Post Office on January 17.
WWF HK's Executive Director Mr David Melville said that Water Buffalo. African Buffalo, Yak and Banteng were chosen for the design this year.
"Ox is a symbol of spring and agriculture. Buffalo plays an important role in rice cultivation, being used to either trample or plough paddy fields before planting. Uncontrolled hunting has had a major impact on Yaks and Banteng and some other species," he said.