Hongkong Post issued today (6 November 2003) the "Chinese Percussion Instruments" Special Stamps. At a ceremony held in the morning at the General Post Office, Mr. Kingsley LI, Assistant Postmaster General (Business Development) and Mr. Henry LAI, Council Member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, marked the issue of the special stamps by stamping a blow-up first day cover. As a memento of the occasion, Mr. LI presented to Mr. LAI and Mr. Benny LAU, designer of these special stamps, framed stamps and first day covers.
Speech for Mr Kingsley LI, Assistant Postmaster General (Business Development)

Hongkong Post hosted the "Chinese Percussion Instruments" Special Stamps Issuing Ceremony at the General Post Office on 6 November 2003. Mr. Kingsley LI, Assistant Postmaster General (Business Development) (left), and Mr. Henry LAI, Council Member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (right), officiated at the ceremony by stamping the blow up first day cover.