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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1987

SPECIAL STAMP ISSUE ON WEDNESDAY

A SPECIAL SET OF FOUR STAMPS (50 CENTS, $1.30, $1.70 AND FEATURING FOUR HISTORICAL CHINESE COSTUMES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18.

$5.0) POST

CUSTOMERS ON TO TRANSACT NORMAL POSTAL AVAILABLE AT THE

ALL POST OFFICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CROWDED WITH THAT DAY. IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC BUSINESS, ADDITIONAL SPECIAL COUNTERS WILL BE MADE FOLLOWING OFFICES:

POST OFFICES ON HONG KONG ISLAND

POST GENERAL

BEACONSFIELD OFFICE,

HOUSE,

CAUSEWAY ROAD, AND

BAY, SHEUNG

HENNESSY ROAD, KING'S ROAD, MORRISON HILL, QUEEN'S WAN.

POST OFFICES IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES

CHEUNG SHA WAN, GILLIES AVENUE, KOWLOON CENTRAL, KOWLOON

TSIM SHA TSUI, AND TSUEN WING KWUN TONG, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO, STREET.

CITY,

WEDNESDAY.

EXTRA STAFF WILL BE ON DUTY AT MOST POST OFFICES ON

AND THE PUBLIC ARE BUT QUEUES ARE, NEVERTHELESS, EXPECTED TO FORM

IF POSSIBLE, AND,

ΤΟ TRANSACT THEIR REQUESTED TO SHOW TOLERANCE

FOLLOWING THE NORMAL POSTAL BUSINESS ON THE PRECEDING DAY OR THE DAY DATE OF THE SPECIAL STAMP ISSUE.

LOWER TAR CIGARETTE DOMINATES MARKET

TAR

FIFTY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL BRANDS OF CIGARETTES WHICH WERE COMPLETELY SAMPLED AND TESTED BELONG TO THE LOW OR LOW-TO-MIDDLE GROUP, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORT OF "TAR AND NICOTINE CIGARETTES" RELEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (SUNDAY).

YIELDS OF

THE FIGURE FROM THE LAST SURVEY WAS 53 PER CENT.

HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE YIELD OF THE ADDICTIVE ELEMENT, REMAINS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE YIELD OF SURVEYS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE

NICOTINE, LAST

SIX

/THE LATEST