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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988

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THE WORLD'S FIRST CHARITY AUSTRALIA ISSUED TWO STAMPS TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS.

то

STAMP WAS ISSUED IN 1897, WHEN RAISE FUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF

THIS IDEA WAS SPEEDILY ADOPTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES SUCH AS GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND HAVE ISSUED CHARITY STAMPS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.

ZEALAND RAISED FUNDS IN THE SAME WAY TO HELP PROMOTE HEALTH.

NEW

AS THE ISSUE OF CHARITY STAMPS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN HONG KONG,

ΤΟ MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THE POST OFFICE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN

EMPOWER THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO ISSUE SUCH STAMPS FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY

"PHILATELISTS ABROAD WILL ALSO BE ATTRACTED TO BUYING HONG

UNITED KONG'S HISTORIC STAMPS, AND THOSE IN BRITAIN, THE

STATES AND MALAYSIA ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE BIGGEST PURCHASERS," MR LEUNG SAID.

"THE CROWN AGENTS PHILATELIC CORPORATION LIMITED IN U.K. WILL

ABROAD AND MAIL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SALE

ORDERS WILL ALSO BE

OFFERED BY THE POST

PHILATELIC BUREAU TO

OF PEOPLE

OTHER

COUNTRIES.

"

OFFICE

MR LEUNG SAID A 50-CENT DONATION WOULD ALSO BE ADDED ΤΟ THE NORMAL 50 CENTS CHARGE FOR AN OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER.

"PURCHASE OF THE CHARITY STAMPS, HOWEVER, AND THE NORMAL POSTAGE STAMPS WILL REMAIN ON SALE NOT WISH TO MAKE A DONATION, HE SAID.

WILL BE VOLUNTARY FOR THOSE WHO DO

IN VIEW OF THE EXPECTED ATTRACTION OF THE STAMP ISSUE,

MOST POST OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL COUNTERS WILL BE SET UP IN

EXTRA NUMBERS OF STAFF WILL BE DEPLOYED TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED LARGE COLLECTORS,

THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MR MICHAEL TUCKER, WHO FORMERLY WORKED IN THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

PROFILE OF SOCIAL WORKERS PUBLISHED

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KONG, COMPILED FOR THE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

A PROFILE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN HONG FIRST TIME WITH A COMPUTERISED SYSTEM,

COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL WELFARE THE OVERALL WELFARE MANPOWER 1987, COMPARED WITH 3,093 IN

IN ITS NO. 1 REPORT, THE JOINT MANPOWER PLANNING SYSTEM NOTED THAT STRENGTH WAS 3,453 AS AT SEPTEMBER 30, THE LAST MANPOWER SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1984.

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