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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1988

SPECIAL STAMP MARKS CATHEDRAL'S CENTENARY

A SPECIAL 60 CENT STAMP TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF THE CATHEDRAL WILL BE ISSUED BY THE POST OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 30.

THE STAMP WAS DESIGNED BY MR CARLITOS J. BUENDIA AND IN AUSTRALIA BY CPE AUSTRALIA LTD.

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OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WILL BE PUT ON AT ALL POST OFFICES ON SEPTEMBER 16.

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OFFICE THE OLDEST

EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND TO THE ISSUE, A POST SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE BUILDING IS ONE OF IN HONG KONG.

CATHOLICISM TOOK ROOT IN HONG KONG WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST MISSIONARIES SOME 147 YEARS AGO.

PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN CAINE ROAD WERE INITIATED BY THE MOST REV. T. RAIMONDI AND THE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1883 WITH ITS FOUNDATION STONE LAID ON DECEMBER 8.

THE CATHEDRAL WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 8 OF THE SAME YEAR.

1888 AND WAS INAUGURATED ON

AT THE TIME, THIS GOTHIC STYLE CATHEDRAL DOMINATED THE AS NO OTHER BUILDING OF THE CITY DID, AND IN THE DIGNITY ARCHITECTURE, ITS SIZE AND ITS SPACIOUS SURROUNDINGS, IT AMONG THE GREAT CHURCHES OF THE EAST.

HARBOUR OF ITS RANKED

THE CATHEDRAL WAS DESIGNED BY A HONG KONG ARCHITECT, CROWLEY, AND CONSTRUCTED AT A COST OF $120,000 WHICH WAS CONSIDERED CREAT SUM EVEN FOR A LARGE CHURCH IN THOSE DAYS.

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DURING THE PAST 100 YEARS MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTISED AND ABOUT 10,000 COUPLES MARRIED IN THE CATHEDRAL.

NO TURNING MOVEMENTS ON EASTBOUND CONNAUGHT ROAD .

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT VEHICLES ON CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN DIRECTLY CENTRAL VEHICULAR FERRY PIER OR GILMAN STREET FROM 10 AM (SEPTEMBER 5).

THE MEASURE WILL FACILITATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKS.

VEHICLES HEADING FOR THESE TWO PLACES RUMSEY STREET AND PIER ROAD.

EASTBOUND INTO ON MONDAY

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