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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1974
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ALTHOUGH THE MAP IS TITLED +NEW TERRITORIES/VEST+, IT COVERS
ALSO THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE MAINLAND NEW TERRITORIES.
THE NEXT
MAP IN THE +COUNTRYSIDE+ SERIES, SHEET 3, WILL BE OF LANTAU= IT
SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
PRELIMINARY WORK HAS ALSO STARTED ON SHEET 4, THE NEW
TERRITORIES/EAST, WHICH WILL TAKE IN THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA,
IT SHOULD BE READY AT ABOUT THE TIME WHEN NEW ROADS IN THE
PENINSULA BECOME ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
HR. COOPER ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC OF OTHER MAPS FOR CENERAL
USE WHICH ARE ON SALE, LIKE THE OFFICIAL GUIDE MAP TO HONG KONG
THE LATTER IS AVAILABLE AND THE 1:50,000 MAP FOR THE TERRITORY.
IN EITHER TWO OVERLAPPING SHEETS, WHICH CAN BE CUT AND JOINED TO
FORM A WALL-MAP ABOUT 50'' x 40'' OR IN ONE DOUBLE-SIDES SHEET
WHICH CAN BE CONVENIENTLY FOLDED AND USED BY MOTORISTS.
THERE IS, IN ADDITION, A WIDE VARIETY OF LARGER-SCALE
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND SURVEY PLANS WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED AND BOUGHT FROM EITHER OF THE TWO SALES SECTIONS OF THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY
OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS: COPIES OF THE NEW COUNTRYSIDE MAP ARE BOXED FOR
COLLECTION.
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