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EVERY CUSTOMER QUEUING UP EACH TIME IS ALBUMS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SALE.

THE ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE AT $360 A

SEVEN PHILATELIC OFFICES:

AIRPORT POST OFFICE

BEACONSFIELD HOUSE POST OFFICE

GENERAL POST OFFICK

GRANVILLE ROAD POST OFFICE

PEAK POST OFFICE

SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICK

TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE

A DRAGON BOAT FOR CANADA

SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1992

ENTITLED

TO ONLY TWO

COPY A'T THE FOLLOWING

DRAGON

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RISING FROM THE SAWDUST IN AN AP LEI CHAU BOATYARD 15 A BOAT THAT MAY NEVER FEEL THE KISS OF WATER ON IFS KEEL. BUT THIS DRAGON BOAT WILL SAIL FURTHER THAN MOST BUILT IN HONG KONG WAY TO A MUSEUM IN CANADA.

BUILT BY ASIA SHIPYARD AND MARINE SERVICE AT A COST OF $100,000, THE 12-METRE VESSEL IS HONG KONG'S OFFICIAL GIFT TO CANADA AS PART OF FESTIVAL HONG KONG '92.

IT IS THE COUNTERPART OF THE TOTEM POLE, SPECIALLY CARVED FOR HONG KONG AND ERECTED IN KOWLOON PARK AS PART OF FESTIVAL CANADA

'91. IT WILL BE PRESENTED, AS A PERMANENT EXHIBIT, TO THE MUSEUM OF CIVILISATION IN OTTAWA.

IT IS AN APPROPRIATE GIFT, FOR TO MANY CANADIANS DRAGON BOATS MORE THAN JUNKS SYMBOLISE HONG KONG THESE DAYS.

THIS IS BECAUSE HONG KONG HAS EXPORTED THIS UNIQUE CHINESE SPORT AROUND THE WORLD, AND NOWHERE HAS IT CAUGHT ON MORE THAN IN CANADA.

THE LADIES TEAM FROM FALSE CREEK, VANCOUVER, WON THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES. THE WEEK BEFORE MEN FROM THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, ALSO WON AN INTERNATIONAL RACE IN TAIWAN.

DRAGON BOAT RACING WILL BE VRRY MUCH PART OF FESTIVAL. HONG KONG '92. AS A CURTAIN RAISER, RACES WERE HELD IN VANCOUVER HARBOUR IN JUNE. THERE WILL BE OTHER RACES IN CALGARY AND IN REGINA.

BUT FESTIVAL HONG KONG WILL BE MORE THAN DRAGON BOAT'S

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THIS AUTUMN, FIVE OF CANADA'S MAJOR CITIES WILL ENJOY A FEAST OF HONG KONG DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE, FILM, FASHION, FOOD AND SPORT.

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