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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1994

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"HK '94" STAMP EXHIBITION PRESS PREVIEW

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THE "HONG KONG '94", THE FIRST-EVER REGIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION HONG KONG, WILL BE HELD FROM FEBRUARY 18 TO 21 AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.

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THERE WILL BE 140 SALES BOOTHS RENTED TO LOCAL AND OVERSEAS STAMP DEALERS, POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND THEIR AGENTS. OVER 400 FRAMES OF INVITED AND COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS WILL BE ON DISPLAY.

AT THE COURT OF HONOUR, THERE WILL BE A DISPLAY OF SOME EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE COLLECTIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE FIRST USED PENNY BLACK, EXTRACTS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION CONSISTING OF SOME VERY RARE EARLY HONG KONG POSTAGE STAMPS AND EXHIBITS FROM THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY ON THE WAR-TIME POSTAL HISTORY OF HONG KONG.

TWO SECURITY PRINTERS FROM NETHERLANDS AND AUSTRALIA WILL ALSO PROVIDE DEMONSTRATION AND DISPLAY OF STAMP PRINTING PROCESS.

TO ENABLE THE PRESS TO HAVE AN EARLY SIGHT OF THESE EXHIBITS, A PRESS PREVIEW WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 17) AT THE UPPER EXHIBITION HALL, SEVENTH FLOOR, HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, WAN CHAI.

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR MIKE PAGLIARI, WILL BRIEF THE MEDIA

ON THE EXHIBITION.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE PREVIEW. THEY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HALL AT 2.45 PM. THEY ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE EXHIBITION AREA.

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 67.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 394.168 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 312.518 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 53.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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