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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1989

SPECIAL STAMP ISSUE ON YEAR OF THE HORSE

A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS ON THE YEAR OF THE HORSE WILL BE ISSUED ON JANUARY 23. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. MR DOMINIC WONG,

ANNOUNCED TODAY THURSDAY).

THIS IS THE FOURTH IN THE CURRENT SERIES OF LUNAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL STAMP ISSUES WHICH COMMENCED WITH THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT IN 1987.

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$1.80 AND

THERE WILL BE FOUR DENOMINATIONS 80 CENT, $1.40. $5. THE DESIGN DEPICTS IN AN EMBROIDERY STYLE VARIOUS POSTURES OF THE HORSE.

A SOUVENIR SHEET CONTAINING A SET OF FOUR STAMPS AT $8.80 WILL ALSO BE ISSUED.

IN ADDITION, A STAMP FOLDER CONTAINING TWO SE-TENANT SHEETLETS WILL BE SOLD AT $14,50. EACH SHEETLET CONSISTS OF THREE $1.80 STAMPS IN THE UPPER ROW AND THREE 60 CENT STAMPS IN THE LOWER ROW.

THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MR KAN TAI-KEUNG AND WERK PRINTED BY JOH ENSCHEDE EN ZONEN OF HOLLAND.

FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED CLOSER TO THE DATE OF ISSUE.

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR FARMERS NOTED

MEMBERS OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE

COMMITTEE

NOTED AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN PHASE 1 STAGE 11 CONTROL AREAS UNDER THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME WILL BE GIVEN MORE TIME TO APPLY FOR EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES AND CAPITAL GRANTS AND LOANS.

THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR WILL BE EXTENDED TO A DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

"IN SETTING THE NEW DEADLINE, SUFFICIENT TIME WILL BE GIVEN TO LIVESTOCK FARMERS TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO CEASE OR CONTINUE OPERATION,

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"THERE WILL ALSO BE A REASONABLE PERIOD OF NOTICE PRIOR TO ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN THE CONTROL AREAS, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH SAID.

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO NOTED THAT CONTROL

THAT IS. TUEN MUN ENVIRONS. UNDER PHASE I STAGE III OF THE CONTROL SCHEME, WILL COMMENCE ON JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR AS SCHEDULED IN ORDER TO ALLOW APPLICATIONS FOR EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES BY SOME FARMERS IN THE AREA WHO WISH TO CEASE OPERATION.

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