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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1994

THIS CONTRASTS WITH THE EXISTING PROVISIONS WHERE A PENALTY CAN BE IMPOSED (UP TO $10,000 FOR THE FIRST OCCASION, $20,000 ON THE SECOND OCCASION AND $50,000 ON THE THIRD AND ANY SUBSEQUENT OCCASIONS) FOR SERVICE DEFICIENCIES FOUND ON THE FRANCHISE AS A WHOLE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NUMBER OF ROUTES INVOLVED.

THE BILL WILL ALSO PLACE IT BEYOND DOUBT THAT SUCH PENALTIES CANNOT BE PASSED ON TO BUS PASSENGERS BY EXCLUDING SUCH FINES FROM OPERATING EXPENSES IN THE CONSIDERATION OF FARE INCREASE APPLICATIONS.

THE BILL ALSO SEEKS TO TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT EXCO'S POWER ΤΟ MAKE BUS REGULATIONS COVERING MATTERS SUCH AS PROVISION OF DESTINATION INDICATORS, CONDUCT OF BUS DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS AND SO ON.

THIS DELEGATION OF POWER WILL RELIEVE THE EXCO FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH SUCH ROUTINE MATTERS.

STAMPS TO MARK YEAR OF THE DOG

PAGLIARI, ANNOUNCED TODAY

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR MIKE (THURSDAY) THAT A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS WOULD BE ISSUED ON JANUARY 27 ON THE THEME OF "YEAR OF THE DOG.

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THIS IS THE EIGHTH IN THE CURRENT SERIES OF LUNAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL STAMP ISSUES RELEASED BY THE POST OFFICE STARTING WITH THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT IN 1987. THERE WILL BE FOUR DENOMINATIONS: $1.90, $2.40 AND $5.

$1,

A SOUVENIR SHEET INCORPORATING THE FOUR STAMPS WILL ALSO BE ISSUED. A STAMP BOOKLET CONTAINING SIX EACH OF THE $1 AND $2.40 STAMPS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT $20.40 EACH.

THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MR KAN TAI-KEUNG AND PRINTED BY LEIGH-MARDON OF AUSTRALIA.

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STAMPS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AND SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE AS FROM JANUARY 13.

OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST EXCEPT THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE, AS FROM JANUARY 13 AT $1 EACH.

OFFICES,

ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SERVICED FIRST DAY COVERS AND SOUVENIR SHEET COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM JANUARY 13 TO 19.

THE

MINIMUM NUMBER OF SERVICED FIRST DAY COVERS PER ORDER 18

FIVE.

A RESTRICTION OF TWO STAMP ROOKLETS, 10 SOUVENIR SHEETS AND FIVE SHEETS OF STAMPS OF EACH DENOMINATION (VIZ, 250 SETS OF STAMPS) PER CUSTOMER QUEUING WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE.

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