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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1983

+THE WORK OF THIS 'SANDWICHED ORGANISATION' IS TO LIAISE WITH THE RESIDENTS, CHANNEL PUBLIC VIEWS, EXPLAIN GOVERNMENT POLICIES, SHOW CONCERN TOWARDS PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

+IN OTHER WORDS, AN AREA COMMITTEE IS A MOVING FORCE BEHIND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND IS A GOOD TRAINING GROUND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

MEMBERS OF AN AREA COMMITTEE COMPRISE BOTH OFFICIALS AND UNOFFICIALS.

THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIALS ARE CHAIRMEN OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, BUSINESSMEN AND SOCIAL WORKERS.

+WITH MEMBERS FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, AN AREA COMMITTEE IS ABLE TO LOOK INTO EVERY POSSIBLE PROBLEM IN THE DISTRICT, MR TSANG SAID.

NEW STAMPS DEPICT HK BY NIGHT

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THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE WILL ISSUE FOUR STAMPS ON AUGUST 17 THIS YEAR, DEPICTING TYPICAL HONG KONG NIGHT SCENES.

THEY WILL BE IN DENOMINATIONS OF 30 CENTS, $1.00, $1.30 AND $5.

THE SCENES ARE HONG KONG'S BUSINESS DISTRICT VIEWED FROM THE PEAK (30 CENTS), THE TOURIST DISTRICT OF TSIM SHA TSUI IN THE EVENING ($1), THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY HELD IN THE HARBOUR ($1.30) AND A FLOATING SEA FOOD RESTAURANT MOORED OFF ABERDEEN ($5).

THE NEW STAMPS WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE AND IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE DAILY FROM AUGUST 8 TO 13 BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 4.30 PM.

OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES ON AUGUST 8,

EACH COVER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INSERT CARD CONTAINING INFORMATION ON HONG KONG BY NIGHT AND SOME BRIEF PHILATELIC INFORMATION.

A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF FIRST DAY COVERS HAVE BEEN PRINTED TO MEET ANTICIPATED PUBLIC DEMAND, AND THERE WILL BE NO RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER OF FIRST DAY COVERS' SOLD TO EACH CUSTOMER.

ADVANCE ORDERS FOR THE SERVICING OF FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM AUGUST 8 TO 5 PM ON AUGUST 12 AT ALL POST OFFICES.

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