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Tuesday, December 5, 1972
ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDAR 1973
The Royal Observatory and the Government Printing Department have
decided to print a slightly larger number of the Royal Observatory Calendar
1973 to meet the public demand.
Announcing this today, an Observatory spokesman said that since its
first introduction, the calendar had proved to be very popular.
"During the past three years, it was sold out almost immediately
after it was put up for sale."
He advised those interested to purchase the calendar as soon as
they could.
Copies of the Royal Observatory Calendar 1973 are now on sale at
$5.50 each.
They are available at the Government Publications Centre at the Star
Ferry Concourse: the Government Printing Department, Java Road; the Royal
Observatory, Nathan Road, and leading book stores.
The 1973 calendar is similar in layout to that of the popular 1972
edition and contains such information as times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and
moonset;
times of high and low tides; astronomical events, such as eclipses,
phases of the moon; the normal weather of each month; the meaning of local
storm warning signals; the meaning of the fire danger warning system;
Lunar calendar; and other useful meteorological and general educational
information and diagrams.
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