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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1977
HE SAID 25 YEARS AGO THERE WAS ONE PRESS OFFICER TO HANDLE THE GOVERNMENT'S PUBLIC RELATIONS TODAY THE GIS HAS A STAFF OF WELL OVER 200 AND THE STORY OF ITS EXPANSION AND THE ACCOUNT OF THE WORKLOAD THAT THE DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKES COULD BE THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL TALKS.
+WE RUN A 24-HOUR NEWS SERVICE WE ANSWER OVER 300 PRESS QUERIES EVERYDAY. WE HAVE A TELEPRINTER SERVICE TO 67 SUBSCRIBERS AND A FACSIMILE SERVICE TO 36 RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS AND CHINESE NEWSPAPERS. WE PRODUCE BOOKS, BOOKLETS, LEAFLETS, THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS EVERY YEAR.
+WE PRODUCE TWO FORTNIGHTLY NEWSPAPERS - ONE WITH A CIRCULATION OF 18,000 FOR THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND ANOTHER OF 33,000 FOR HONG KONG CHINESE LIVING ABROAD. WE PRODUCE A DAILY TABLOID, CALLED THE GIST WHICH, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, IS THE GIST IN ENGLISH OF WHAT 15 CHINESE LANGUAGE PAPERS ARE SAYING EVERYDAY.
+WE PLAN AND RUN PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS, LIKE THE CLEAN HONG KONG BEACHES AND THE FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME CAMPAIGNS, ROAD SAFETY, SAFETY IN THE HOME PUBLICITY CONCERNING ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
+ I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THIS IN GREAT DETAIL, AND I HOPE YOU WOULD FIND IT INTERESTING, BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS NOT WHAT WE DO BUT WHY WE DO IT.
+ALL THIS ENDEAVOUR ADDS UP TO PROMOTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POPULATION BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT, LIKE ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT, NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE MORE PARTICULARLY SO HERE BECAUSE. IF WE DO NOT LIKE IT, WE CANNOT VOTE IT OUT AND CHOOSE ANOTHER ONE,+ MR. SLIMMING SAID.
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