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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1977
MR. BENTLEY NOTED THAT OPINIONS WERE LIKELY TO DIFFER AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE GUIDE, BUT HE SAID THE P.W.D. CARTOGRAPHERS WOULD WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT FROM USERS.
SOME 20,000 COPIES OF THE FIRST VOLUME HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND THESE ARE NOW ON SALE AT $7 PER COPY FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S MAP-SALES COUNTER ON THE 19TH FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING, AND FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN THE NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CENTRAL.
COPIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION BOOTHS, HOTELS AND LEADING BOOKSTORES.
THE GUIDE IS COMPLETELY BILINGUAL WITH THE REFERENCE DIRECTORY CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED IN STROKE NUMBER ORDER FOR CHINESE READERS, AND ALPHABETICALLY FOR ENGLISH READERS.
FOR EASY REFERENCE, THE VARIOUS MAPS IN THE GUIDE ARE GROUPED UNDER SPECIAL COLOUR CODED MARGINS ACCORDING TO THE SCALE OF THE MAP.
IN GENERAL, THE LARGE SCALE MAPS (PRODUCED TO 1 : 10,000) OUTLINED IN GREY, SHOULD BE USED TO LOCATE A PARTICULAR STREET OR PLACE. THE EXACT POSITION ON THE MAP CAN READILY BE LOCATED BY CHECKING THE PAGE NUMBER AND GRID SQUARE REFERENCE AGAINST THE NAME OF THE ITEM REQUIRED IN THE REFERENCE DIRECTORY.
THE SMALLEST SCALE MAPS (1 : 40,000 OUTLINED IN LIGHT RED) COVER THE WHOLE AREA AND ARE USEFUL FOR PLANNING A DAY'S OUTING,
THE INTERMEDIATE SCALE MAPS (1: 20,000 OUTLINED IN LIGHT BLUE) COVER THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND CHEUNG CHAU AND PROVIDE A DETAILED STUDY OF PARTICULAR LOCALITIES.
SYMBOLS ARE USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE GUIDE TO SIMPLIFY LOCATION OF HOSPITALS, POLICE STATIONS, POST OFFICES, PUBLIC TELEPHONES, CHURCHES, BUS TERMINI, CARPARKS, MARKETS AND BEACHES.
ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE GUIDE IS THAT BUILDINGS AND PLACES OF INTEREST SUCH AS ASSOCIATIONS, BEACHES, CONSULATES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HOSPITALS, HOTELS, PARKS, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES, ARE GROUPED UNDER SPECIAL HEADINGS FOR EASY REFERENCE.
BRIEF NOTES ON HONG KONG WHICH MAY BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO VISITORS ARE ALSO INCLUDED.
THE P.W.D. CARTOGRAPHERS HAVE ALSO INSERTED A SECTION ON SAFETY HINTS FOR HIKERS, AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY CODE WHICH IS SPELLED OUT IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH AS A REMINDER TO RAMBLERS OF THE NEED TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
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