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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1953
headed by the Press Officer, a Display and Distribution section and an Administrative section, the latter two controlled by the same Assistant Public Relations Officer. There is also a Film Censorship section consisting of a panel of three film censors. Eventually, it is envisaged that there will be a small Films and Photographic section under a specialist officer. Meanwhile, the department's limited activity in the field of films is handled by the Display and Distribution section, and photographs by either Display and Distribution or the Press section, according to the circumstances.
Although the primary concern is to publicise the affairs of the Hong Kong Government, United Kingdom and Common- wealth happenings are also given equal attention and maximum use is made of much of the material supplied by the Central Office of Information, in London.
Press Section
The two most important functions of the press section are the preparation of the daily information bulletin, which gives news of Government affairs and the preparation and editing of news bulletins for broadcast by Radio Hong Kong. In addi- tion, items from the London Press Service, prepared by the editorial department of the Central Office of Information, are edited and distributed daily to the local press. These three services are produced in English and Chinese. Also prepared in the press room is a daily press summary in English of items of interest from the vernacular press. Photographs supplied through the Central Office of Information, and also taken by local photographers, commissioned by the department, are dis- tributed to the press. In addition to photographs, simplified plans, sketch maps and scale drawings, to amplify and explain the text of various stories, are prepared for press use.
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