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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1983

SPECIAL STAMPS TO MARK COMMONWEALTH DAY

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THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE WILL ISSUE FOUR SPECIAL STAMPS TO COMMEMORATE THIS YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH DAY ON MARCH 14.

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THE FOUR STAMPS WILL FEATURE AN AERIAL VIEW OF VICTORIA HARBOUR, A CONTAINER SHIP ENTERING THE HARBOUR, THE HONG KONG FLAG AND HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH DURING HER VISIT HERE IN 1975, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE STAMPS, IN DENOMINATIONS OF 30 CENTS, $1, $1.30 AND $5, WILL BE ON SALE FROM MARCH 14.

THEY WILL BE ON DISPLAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE AND IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 4.30 PM FROM MARCH 7 TO MARCH 12, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SPECIALLY DESIGNED FIRST-DAY COVERS WILL ALSO BE ON SALE AT 50 CENTS EACH AT ALL POST OFFICES FROM MARCH 1, WHILE ADVANCE ORDERS FOR THE SERVICING OF THE COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON MARCH 9 UP TO 5 PM, HE SAID.

SINCE 1977, THE SECOND MONDAY IN MARCH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED COMMONWEALTH DAY BY AGREEMENT AMONG ALL COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.

THIS YEAR 56 POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH WILL ISSUE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS TO MARK THE OCCASION.

CONSIDERABLE DEMAND IS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST-DAY COVERS BECAUSE OF THE ATTRACTIVE ISSUE AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS ISSUING SPECIAL STAMPS FOR THE OCCASION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

GENERALLY, PHILATELISTS WORLDWIDE WOULD LIKE TO COLLECT A COMPLETE SET OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS, HE ADDED.

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ROWING COURSES FOR HONG KONG ENTHUSIASTS

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ROWING ENTHUSIASTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REPRESENT HONG KONG IN INTERNATIONAL ROWING EVENTS UNDER A TRAINING SCHEME SHORTLY TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (RSS) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT A SERIES OF ROWING COURSES IS BEING PLANNED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG ROWING ASSOCIATION FOR THE 1983-84 YEAR AND APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING INVITED.

KNOWN AS THE ROWING INTRODUCTORY COURSES, THE TRAINING WILL BE HELD AT THE SHA TIN ROWING CENTRE, NEAR THE SHING MUN RIVER.

AMR JOHNNY