China News Service, April 29. According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, 2022 marks the 120th anniversary of Ta Kung Pao's publication. With this theme, Hongkong Post will issue a stamp sheetlet on June 17 to commemorate it.
The stamp sheetlet is now accepting orders online through the evening of May 13.
Hongkong Post issues special stamps for the 120th anniversary of Ta Kung Pao.
Image source: Hong Kong Wen Wei Po
According to reports, the upper and lower halves of the stamp sheetlet respectively show the former site of Ta Kung Pao in the French Concession in Tianjin and the cityscape of Hong Kong today, highlighting the long history of Ta Kung Pao and implying that Ta Kung Pao has played an important role in my country’s modern historical development and new era. The important role played by it will help promote national education, guide more readers to know the history and understand the truth, learn from the past and the present, so as to cultivate patriotism, strengthen the ambition to strengthen the country, and practice the journey of serving the country.
"Ta Kung Pao" was founded in Tianjin on June 17, 1902.
In its 120 years of ups and downs, Ta Kung Pao has always adhered to the spirit of "forgetting oneself to be great and being selfless to the public", and has always breathed with the nation and shared the destiny with the nation.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Ta Kung Pao played an important leading role in public opinion for Hong Kong's smooth transition and return to the motherland. Since Hong Kong's return to the motherland 25 years ago, Ta Kung Pao has been based in Hong Kong, backed by the motherland, and faced the world, delivering the country's voice in a timely manner. Unite and unite all sectors of Hong Kong society, support the SAR government in governing according to law, faithfully record and promote the successful practice of "one country, two systems", and make positive contributions to the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.