FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1974
SPECIAL BOOKS DISPLAY
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A SPECIAL DISPLAY OF PUBLICATIONS FROM HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE AND THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO- OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN SET UP AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, STAR FERRY CONCOURSE. THERE ARE MORE THAN FIFTY TITLES COVERING MANY TOPICS, RANGING FROM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO PATENTS IN THE COMMON MARKET.
H.M.$.0. IS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PUBLISHER AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. THEIR PUBLICATIONS KEEP PACE WITH RAPID ADVANCES IN ALL FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE.
AMONG THE MOST POPULAR IN HONG KONG ARE THE 'DIVING MANUAL' 'MOUNTAIN RESCUE AND THE STORY OF THE EARTH'. ALSO ATTRACTING CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION ARE TWO BOOKLETS ON 'CLOCKS AND WATCHES' AND 'MOTORCYCLES'.
THE O.E.C.D. PUBLICATIONS AIM TO PROMOTE AND EXPAND WORLD TRADE. THOSE AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG COVER MANY ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGY. TITLES INCLUDE THE
'O.E.C.D. FINANCIAL STATISTICS' *MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS' AND 'O.E.C.D. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK'
ALSO AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ARE CATALOGUES OF BOTH THE H.M.S.O. AND O.E.C.D. PUBLICATIONS, LISTING HUNDREDS OF OTHER TITLES NOT ON DISPLAY. STAFF THERE WILL PLACE ORDERS ON DEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO OBTAIN ANY OF THESE BOOKS.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A SECTION OF THE BOOK DISPLAY ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.