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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984

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SO FAR, THE POST OFFICE HAS RELEASED 73 SETS OF SPECIAL STAMPS. THE LATEST OF THEM, FEATURING THE MAPS OF HONG KONG, WERE ISSUED IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

+ THE LEST

IS THE SET CELEBRATING THE ROYAL ISSUED IN JULY 1981, OVER

WEDDING OF HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES. 800 000 FIRST DAY COVERS WERE SOLD, HE SAID.

ON AVERAGE, THREE TO FOUR SETS OF SPECIAL STAMPS ARE ISSUED EACH YEAR.

THE STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND COMPRISING SEVEN OTHER MEMBERS SELECTED FROM THE COMMUNITY, ADVICE ON THE THEMES OF COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS AND RECOMMEND THE MOST SUITABLE DESIGNS TO BE ADOPTED.

+ONCE THE DESIGNS ARE APPROVED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, TENDERS WILL BE INVITED FROM SECURITY PRITERS SPECIALISING IN PRINTING POSTAGE STAMPS.

+ THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS, NORMALLY DESIGNED BY THE SAME ARTIST WHO DESIGNS THE STAMPS, WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE STAMPS ARE RELEASED, + MR LUK SAID.

THE POST OFFICE ALSO ISSUES VARIOUS OTHER PHILATELIC ITEMS.

THE MORE POPULAR VES INCLUDE POSTCARLO

HISTORY PUBLISHED IN MARCH THIS YEAR, AND SOUVENIR MINIATURE SHEETS - A COMBINATION OF STAMPS IN A SPECIAL ISSUE AND PRINTED AS SINGLE SHEETS FOR PHILATELIC PURPOSES.

SO FAR, THREE SETS OF SOUVENIR MINIATURE SHEETS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND A FOURTH SET, ON THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB CENTENARY, WILL BE RELEASED IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.

RESIDENTS URGED TO EXERCISE CIVIC RIGHT

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RESIDENTS OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN YUEN LONG WERE BE ING URGED TO EXERCISE THE IR CIVIC RIGHT AND REGISTER AS VOTERS FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE CALL CAME FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING WHEN HE VISITED THE ESTATE TOGETHER WITH EIGHT DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

SIMILAR HOUSEHOLD VISITS HAVE BEEN HELD IN OTHER AREAS SINCE EARLY JUNE AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S PUBLICITY DRIVE FOR THE FORTHCOMING REGISTRATION EXERCISE.

MR WILSON SAID THE REGISTRATION WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.

/+RESIDENTS CAN

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