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at any hour to confirm the latest weather position and related topics, such as damages and casualties, suspension of public transport services and postponement of public functions.
Six new centres were opened in August in Hong Kong and Kowloon, bringing the total number to ten, including a mobile centre. These centres handled a total of 277,055 enquiries in 1967, including 66,957 resulting from the disturbances, water restrictions, and typhoons. During the year, 2,464 questions were answered by two separate listeners' letter box programmes produced by the Public Enquiry Service in conjunction with the Chinese service of Radio Hong Kong and Commercial Radio. In its work and organi- zation, the service bears some similarity to advice bureaux in other parts of the world. The centres are manned by trained staff, speaking English and Cantonese, as well as other Chinese dialects. Results show that the service is a valuable instrument for improving the government's relations with the public.
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