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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1986

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FOUR NEW MEMBERS ON TRADE ADVISORY BOARD

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FOUR NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD WHICH HELD ITS FIRST MEETING FOR THE JULY 1986 TO JUNE 1987 YEAR TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE FOUR ARE MR T.H. BARMA, MR FRED K.T. CHIN, MR JACK SO AND DR KENNETH K.K. WANG.

TEN UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED FOR ANOTHER YEAR. THEY ARE MR WILLIAM TURNBULL, MR PAUL T.S. YIN, MR ALEXANDER S.K. AU, MR WARRENT W.L. HUI,

MR KENNETH TING, MR GARY N. HARILELA, MR RAY MAN LEUNG, MRS ELEANOR C.M. LING, MR HO SAI-CHU AND MR THOMAS CLYDESDALE.

RETIRING FROM THE BOARD ARE MR CHRISTOPHER CHENG, MR S.H. SUNG AND MR ALAN S.S. CHUANG.

+1 WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE RETIRING MEMBERS FOR THE INVALUABLE SERVICE WHICH THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE BOARD, SAID THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR S.A. WEBB-JOHNSON.

THE BOARD ADVISES THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON MATTERS AFFECTING HONG KONG'S TRADE OTHER THAN IN TEXTILES AND GARMENTS WHERE ADVICE IS GIVEN BY THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.

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SPECIAL EXPO STAMPS OUT ON FRIDAY

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THE POST OFFICE WILL ISSUE A SET OF FOUR SPECIAL STAMPS ON FRIDAY (JULY 18) TO MARK HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 1986 WORLD EXPOSITION IN VANCOUVER.

THE NEW STAMPS WILL BE IN DENOMINATIONS OF 50 CENTS, $1.70 AND $5.

$1.30,

A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TO COPE WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY, ADDITIONAL COUNTERS WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND THE BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CAUSEWAY BAY, HENNESSY ROAD, MORRISON HILL, NORTH POINT, QUEEN'S ROAD AND SHEUNG WAN POST OFFICES ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL COUNTERS AT KOWLOON CENTRAL, CHEUNG SHA WAN, GILLIES AVENUE, KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO, TSIM SHA TSUI AND TSUEN WAN POST OFFICES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID EXTRA STAFF WOULD BE DEPLOYED AT MOST POST OFFICES WHENEVER NECESSARY ON FRIDAY BUT QUEUES WERE NEVERTHELESS EXPECTED.

+MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD EXERCISE TOLERANCE AND. IF POSSIBLE, TAKE CARE OF THEIR NORMAL POSTAL BUSINESS BEFORE OR AFTER THE DATE OF THE SPECIAL STAMP ISSUE, HE SAID.

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