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The Commissioner for Labour, Miss Jacqueline Willis, will officiate at the opening ceremony of the meeting on Wednesday.

Apart from Hong Kong, the seven participating Asian countries are China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

The objectives of the meeting are to identify issues and problems to implement effective tripartite consultation and to outline the steps necessary to be taken to advance the cause of tripartite consultation.

Programmes for the meeting will include presentations by ILO director and relevant specialists, tripartite inter-country group discussions and country level discussions.

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Old stamps bearing Queen's portrait to be on sale

The Postmaster General, Mr. Robert Footman, announced today (Monday) that residue stock of the old definitive stamps bearing the Queen's portrait will be put back on sale as philatelic items at the following four philatelic offices as from March 18, 1997, while stock lasts:

General Post Office

Sha Tin Central Post office Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office Tsuen Wan Post Office

The stamps will be sold in sheet form only. They are available in a set of low denominations (10 to $5) or a set of high denominations ($10, $20 & $50). A sales restriction of one full set per customer queuing will be imposed.

$1.20, $1.30, $2,00, $2.50, $3.10 and $5.00 old definitive stamps will also be put on sale in sheet form at the four philatelic offices as from March 18, 1997 until stock lasts. There will be a sales restriction of 5 sheets per denomination for each customer queuing.

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