FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1986
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SPECIAL STAMPS TO HONOUR QUEEN'S 60TH BIRTHDAY
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A SET OF FIVE SPECIAL STAMPS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE POST OFFICE ON APRIL 21 IN HONOUR OF THE 60TH BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 11.
A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SET IS PART OF AN OMNIBUS SERIES ISSUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 22 OTHER POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS.
THE FIVE STAMPS TO BE ISSUED ARE:
50 CENTS
$1
$1.30
$1.70
$5
PRINCESS ELIZABETH ARRIVING AT THE WEDDING OF MISS CELIA BOWES-LYON IN 1931.
ATTENDING THE SERVICE OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER AT WINDSOR CASTLE IN 1977.
A PICTURE OF THE QUEEN TAKEN DURING HER VISIT TO HONG KONG IN 1975. THE BACKGROUND SHOWS A FLOATING RESTAURANT FROM WHICH THE QUEEN WATCHED A WATERBORNE PROCESSION.
A NORMAN PARKINSON PHOTOGRAPH OF THE QUEEN TAKEN IN 1980 FOR THE QUEEN MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY AT THE ROYAL LODGE WINDSOR.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE QUEEN VISITING THE CROWN AGENTS HEAD OFFICE IN LONDON IN 1983 TO CELEBRATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CROWN AGENTS.
THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY BRITISH DESIGNER TONY THEOBALD AND WERE PRINTED IN THE U.K. BY HARRISON AND SONS LIMITED.
OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES FROM APRIL 7, THE POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID. HE ADDED THAT FURTHER DETAILS WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
CALL TO STEP UP HELP TO STREET SLEEPERS
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, TODAY (FRIDAY) APPEALED TO WELFARE AGENCIES TO STEP UP ASSISTANCE TO STREET SLEEPERS WHO WERE MENTALLY ILL OR DRUG-ADDICTED.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CABLE AND WIRELESS-CARITAS TEMPORARY SHELTER ON CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, SHE SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT, AND SOMETIMES EVEN IMPOSSIBLE, FOR SOCIAL WORKERS TO GET THROUGH TO THIS CATEGORY OF STREET SLEEPERS.
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