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Hand back service will be provided at all post offices on September 2 to all official and privately-made covers bearing the first day of issue indication.

As on previous occasions of first day issue of new stamps, the following 22 post offices will open at 8 am on September 2:

Hong Kong

General Post Office, Aberdeen, Shau Kei Wan, Sai Ying Pun, Tsat Tse Mui, Wan Chai, Wah Fu

Outlying Islands

Cheung Chau

Kowloon

Tsim Sha Tsui, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon Central, Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O, To Kwa Wan.

New Territories

Yuen Long, Sha Tin Central, Sai Kung, Shek Wu Hui, Tuen Mun Central, Tai Po. Tsuen Wan.

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Domestic export statistics by industrial origin

In the second quarter of 1996, the four major industries of textiles; wearing apparel; machinery, equipment, apparatus. parts and components; and consumer electrical and electronic products together accounted for 67% of Hong Kong's total domestic exports of manufactured goods, according to statistics released today (Friday) by the Census and Statistics Department.

In the second quarter of 1996, domestic exports of consumer electrical and electronic products, textiles, machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components, and wearing apparel decreased by 15%, 14%, 9% and 4% over a year earlier to $6.4 billion, $9.7 billion, $9.1 billion and $9.4 billion respectively.