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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1988

SPECIAL STAMP ISSUE ON HONG KONG TREES

SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS, FEATURING FOUR TYPES OF TREES COMMONLY FOUND IN HONG KONG, WILL BE ISSUED ON JUNE 16, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE STAMPS, IN DENOMINATIONS OF 50 CENTS, $1.3, $1.70 AND $5. WILL FEATURE RESPECTIVELY THE CHINESE BANYAN, THE HONG KONG ORCHID TREE, THE COTTON TREE AND THE SCHIMA.

"THE CHINESE BANYAN IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR NATIVE TREES HONG KONG AND IS GENERALLY GROWN ALONG ROADSIDES OR NEAR VILLAGES SHADE, 'FUNG SHUI' AND AMENITY PURPOSES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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ORCHID "THE COTTON TREE AND THE HONG KONG

TREE ADOPTED AS THE TERRITORY'S FLORAL EMBLEM IN 1965 ARE BOTH FLOWERING TREES, WHILE THE EVERGREEN SCHIMA PRODUCES FRAGRANT FLOWERS IN MAY."

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT A SOUVENIR SHEET CONTAINING THE FOUR STAMPS IN A SE-TENANT DESIGN WOULD BE ISSUED AT $8.50 EACH, AND OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WOULD BE PLACED ON SALE ALL POST OFFICES ON JUNE 2.

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"FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED CLOSER TO THE DAY OF ISSUE,

HE SAID.

ENGINEER TRAINEES TO RECEIVE HIGHER SUBSIDY

(FRIDAY) THAT TRAINING UNDER

THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL ANNOUNCED TODAY THE MONTHLY SUBSIDY FOR GRADUATE TRAINEES RECEIVING THE ENGINEERING GRADUATE TRAINING SCHEME (EGTS) HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM $2,150 TO $2,300 WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1.

THE SUBSIDY FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES RECEIVING APPROVED PRACTICAL TRAINING IN INDUSTRY UNDER THE SCHEME ALSO HAS GONE UP FROM $1,200 TO $1,300 PER PERSON PER MONTH.

THE EGTS, INTRODUCED IN 1983, IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON TRAINING OF TECHNOLOGISTS TO ENABLE ENGINEERING GRADUATES TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY PRACTICAL TRAINING.

KACH TRAINEE RECEIVING TRAINING UNDER THE SCHEME WILL BE GRANTED A SUBSIDY TO BE PAID THROUGH H1S EMPLOYER AS PART OF HIS SALARY.

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