Postal tributes to Nobel laureate
A set of postal souvenirs in honour of Nobel Prize winner Charles Kao Kuen will be issued this month.
The stamp set and souvenir booklet will be released on World Alzheimer's Day on September 21, as a tribute to the Alzheimer's-afflicted physics laureate. Kao jointly won the prize in October last year for his achievements in the development of fibre-optic communications.
The stamp set, featuring his face, will be sold for HK$10. The souvenir booklet, with a sample of optical fibre and costing HK$68, is a recollection of milestones in Kao's life.
Official souvenir covers bearing congratulations for Kao's award are on sale for HK$1 from today and can be stamped on the issue date. People can also bring take their own covers and pay HK$13.50 to buy a stamp set and have it date-stamped with a special postmark.
Hongkong Post said the souvenirs were released to pay tribute to Kao's invention of fibre optics.
Part of the proceeds will go to the Charles K. Kao Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease, a charity that raises awareness about senile dementia and promotes better support for relatives and carers of patients.
The souvenirs will be shown today at the General Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, Tsuen Wan Post Office and Sha Tin Central Post Office.
Hongkong Post has previously released souvenirs for successful people including Yang Liwei, China's first man in space, and Lee Lai-shan, Hong Kong's Olympic windsurfing champion.
