MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1994
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THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST OF THE API'S, WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DROP HABITS THAT WASTE ENERGY, COMES RIGHT BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE URGED TO GIVE UP BAD HABITS FOR GOOD ONES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "AS ENERGY SUPPLY FROM FOSSIL FUELS IS NOT UNLIMITED, WE SHOULD ALL DO OUR BEST TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY WE CONSUME IN OUR DAILY LIVES."
"APART FROM THIS, BURNING FOSSIL FUELS CREATES POLLUTION, AND THIS IN TURN WILL HAVE ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT."
THE OTHER THREE API'S WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW EVERY
FAMILY CAN THE RIGHT
HELP BY CUTTING DOWN WASTE AT HOME AND BY MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS WHEN SHOPPING IN WET MARKETS AND RETAIL
STORES.
NOTING THAT SOME 7,900 TONNES OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, OF WHICH SOME 600 TONNES ARE PLASTIC BAGS, ARE DISPOSED OF EVERY DAY, THE SPOKESMAN URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DROP WASTEFUL HABITS AND MAKE GOOD USE OF RESOURCES.
THE FOUR API'S, TO BE LAUNCHED SUCCESSIVELY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE DISPLAY OF POSTERS IN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS AND BUS STOPS, THE PAINTING OF MESSAGES ON FOUR "GREEN BUSES" AND THE PRODUCTION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES FEATURING CELEBRITIES' APPEAL.
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POST OFFICE RELEASES HOLOGRAM POSTCARDS
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TWO HOLOGRAM POSTCARDS, NUMBERED AS HONG KONG POST OFFICE HOLOGRAM POSTCARD SERIES NO. 1 AND 2, WILL BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 15 TO COMMEMORATE THE HONG KONG
} 94 STAMP EXHIBITION.
THE TWO POSTCARDS WILL EXCEPT AIRPORT POST OFFICE. WILL BE NO RESTRICTION ON THE
GO ON SALE IN A SET AT ALL POST OFFICES THE SELLING PRICE IS $6 PER SET. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SETS TO BE PURCHASED.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR MIKE PAGLIARI, SAID THE SERIES NO. 1 SHOWED A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HONG KONG CENTRAL TAKEN IN THE 1920'S.
THERE
DESIGN OF WATERFRONT
IN THE MIDDLE IS A HOLOGRAM SHOWING A REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMOUS 1865 QUEEN VICTORIA OLIVE-BISTRE 96 CENTS DEFINITIVE STAMP.
HE
SAID THE DESIGN OF SERIES NO. 2 SHOWED A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HONG KONG WATERFRONT TAKEN IN 1993 WITH A HOLOGRAM IN THE MIDDLE SHOWING A REPRODUCTION OF THE CURRENT QUEEN ELIZARETH
STAMP.
$1 DEFINITIVE
THE
THE POSTCARDS ALSO REAR
POSTAGE-PAID INSIGNIA EXHIBITION'S LOGO ON THE ADDRESS SIDE INDICATING THE LOCAL POSTAGE OF $1 HAS BEEN PAID.
/THE PRICE
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