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summaries. The radio news room is located in 'broadcasting city' in northern Kowloon. It is in constant touch with the press section in Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong, through teleprinter, facsimile and telephone links.
The public relations division aims at improving understanding between Government and the people and to maintain contact with Hong Kong people living overseas, especially those in Britain. The former function involves keeping the Government informed of the current state of public opinion, explaining government's activities and intentions to the people, and sorting out situations which may provide potential sources of misunderstanding. Much of this work is done through the news media and generally through the Chinese language press. Continuous liaison is also maintained with other departments which are themselves in daily contact with the public. A civilian information team, consisting of two separate units, was set up in June and has begun operating in the New Territories. Its main function is to put on film shows in the remote areas, not only as entertainment but also to keep the villagers informed of events of public interest.
A special Chinese newspaper for Hong Kong residents abroad, Hong Kong News Digest, is produced by the division along with film and sound-tape information and entertainment for the Hong Kong people in Britain.
The technical services division has local and overseas commit- ments, and it produces magazine and newspaper feature articles, photographs, newsreels, booklets and posters. Locally, the division is responsible for handling publicity campaigns for all government departments. The editorial section provides_written material for a worldwide press syndication service and for most booklets and leaf- lets produced in the department.
The division continued to produce a weekly digest of events in the Colony, widely circulated to readers overseas. Other publications produced during the year included booklets on training centres, town planning, the Royal Hong Kong Police and typhoons. ‘An Introduction to Hong Kong' and 'The Port of Hong Kong' were published in new and completely revised editions. The range of fact sheets, in 'kit' form, was expanded to include such subjects as housing, social welfare, press and broadcasting, the preventive service, industrial employment, education and narcotics.
The film unit continued to concentrate on the production of the monthly film 'Hong Kong Today' which is distributed to more than