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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1988

THE

RX-OFFICIO

MEMBERS

BRANCH AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR

INCLUDE

THE

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT

THE OTHER CURATOR AND A

SECRETARY (INFORMATION) OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION

CHINESE LANGUAGE, WHILE MEMBERS INCLUDE A PHILATELIST, THE HEAD OF A DESIGN SCHOOL, A

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR OF A UNIVERSITY BUSINESSMAN.

ART

GALLERY,

A

AND FAIR MR LEUNG NOTED.

"THIS COMPOSITION ENABLES THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE GOOD JUDGEMENT WHEN SELECTING THE THEMES AND DESIGNS,

THE POST OFFICE INVITES BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL EVERY YEAR,

TOURIST ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION TO SUGGEST THEMES FOR STAMPS TO BE ISSUED OVER THE NEXT 18 TO 30 MONTHS.

EVERY YEAR AND COMMITTEE FOR SELECTION,

TH

"GENERALLY, 70 TO 80 SUGGESTIONS ARE RECEIVED THEY ARE ALL PASSED TO THE STAMP ADVISORY MR LEUNG SAID.

THEME. HE ALSO POINTED OUT SOME OF THE CRITERIA IN SELECTING A

KONG AND SHOULD PORTRAY A GOOD THE THEME MUST BE RELATED TO HỌNG

NOT BE REPEATED IMAGE OF THE CITY. ALSO, THE THEMES ADOPTED SHOULD TOO OFTEN.

"ONCE APPROVAL DESIGNS, HE SAID.

OF A THEME

IS

GIVEN,

WE

START

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INVITE

THE POST OFFICE HAS ON ITS RECORD ABOUT

WHOM OF PROFESSIONAL OR AMATEUR, ALL STAMPS.

40 DESIGNERS, EITHER ARE INTERESTED IN DESIGNING

NORMALLY, THREE

DESIGNERS

ARE INVITED

FOR EACH PARTICULAR THEME. EACH ONE 18 REQUESTED TO SUBMIT A SET OF DESIGNS FOR STAMPS IN THE DENOMINATIONS OF, IN GENERAL, 50 CENTS, $1.30, $1.70 AND $5.

"SELECTION WORK IS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY TASK," MR LEUNG STRESSED.

DESIGNS UNSATISFACTORY. WILL HAVE TO BE INVITED TO THE SET OF 'MEDICAL

"SOMETIMES THE COMMITTEE MAY FIND THE IN THIS CASE, ANOTHER THREE DESIGNERS THINK OF OTHER DESIGNS. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS CENTENARY' SPECIAL STAMPS.

CHOSEN AN

DESIGNS.

"THE COMMITTEE, IN AN EXTREME CASE, MAY EVEN WITHDRAW A

BY REFLECTED

THE THEME IF IT CANNOT BE SATISFACTORILY EXAMPLE IS THE THEME OF 'NATURAL ROCK FORMATION IN HONG KONG',

DESIGN, THE DESIGNER CERTAIN CHANGES, THE SPOKESMAN

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'EVEN WHEN THE COMMITTEE HAS SELECTED A CONCERNED MAY BE REQUESTED TO MAKE

ADDED.

ONCE AN INITIAL ARTWORK IS ACCEPTED, THE DESIGNER WILL HAVE SUBMIT FINAL ARTWORK.

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