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"Over 300,000 copies of various booklets on the Basic Law published by the CPCE were distributed to the public through the Centre and District Offices within a few months in the latter half of last year," he said.
Opened by the Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, today's conference was organised to commemorate CPCE's tenth anniversary. About 400 front-line civic education workers attended the conference to share their views on the way forward for civic education in HK.
Dr Man Sze-wai and Dr Lee Wing-on, guest speakers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong, also spoke on the occasion.
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Special stamps on the year of the Ox to be issued
The Postmaster General Mr Robert Footman said today (Saturday) that the set of special stamps on the theme of the Year of the Ox will be issued on February 27, 1997.
There will be four denominations: $1.30, $2.50, $3.10 and $5. A souvenir sheet incorporating the four stamps will also be issued. A stamp booklet containing six each of the $1.30 and $3.10 stamps will be available at $26.40 each.
A beautifully designed presentation pack containing the four stamps will be available for sale at $20 each at all post offices as from February 27.
A restriction of two stamp booklets, twenty 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.
The stamps were originally planned for release on January 17, 1997 but was postponed to February 27 due to problems in printing.
Corrigendum sheets will be available at all post offices as from February 24 for customers to amend the date of issue printed on the First Day Covers and stamp booklets.
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