HONG KONG, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Hongkong Post announced Tuesday that it plans to issue in the next year over 10 series of special stamps featuring folk customs and traditional Chinese culture.
"Hongkong Post's Special Stamps Issuing Program for 2018 boasts a diversity of stamp themes and designs that reflect different facets of Hong Kong, as well as the breadth and depth of Chinese arts and culture," Hongkong Post Stamps and Philately Division General Manager Margarita Wong said at a press conference when introducing details of the program.
According to her, Hongkong Post will welcome the next year, the Year of the Dog in Chinese tradition, with a Lunar New Year Animal Stamp highlighting "man's best friend."
It will also issue stylishly designed new stamps focusing on Hong Kong local folk themes, winning entries of the Photography Competition for 2018 Special Stamps, the 150th anniversary of Hong Kong Fire Services, Cantonese opera golden classics, the bicentenary of Hong Kong's oldest school Ying Wa College, popular Jin Yong novel characters, and sign language and Braille.
"All of them demonstrate fine examples of Hong Kong's cosmopolitan culture and inclusive spirit," Wong said.
