TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1978
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NEW LOOK FOR ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDAR
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THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S 1979 CALENDAR IS NOW SALE IN A BIGGER AND BETTER FORMAT WHICH COMBINES HIGHER QUALITY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF FASCINATING INFORMATION ON METEOROLOGICAL MATTERS.
EXTENSIVELY ILLUSTRATED IN FULL COLOUR, THE CALENDAR COSTS $16 AND IS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE G.P.O. BUILDING, CENTRAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN TSIM SHA TSU AND LEADING BOOKSHOPS.
THE BILINGUAL CALENDAR WAS PRODUCED JOINTLY BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WHICH PROVIDED THE DATA, AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES WHICH CREATED THE NEW DESIGN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TWO DEPARTMENTS SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) : +THERE ARE ALREADY MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE A HABIT OF BUYING THE CALENDAR EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF ITS INFORMATIVE CONTENT.
+ THE NEW EDITION IS EXPECTED TO PROVE EVEN MORE POPULAR
IN VIEW OF THE MUCH-IMPROVED FORMAT.
+BESIDES BEING A VERY USEFUL SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR THOSE WITH A PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN METEOROLOGICAL MATTERS IT IS JUST AS INTERESTING TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ACQUIRE AN EXTRA BIT OF BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.
*IT FULFILS ALL THE NORMAL FUNCTIONS OF A CALENDAR AS WELL AS PROVIDING A LOT OF OTHER INFORMATION.+
THERE ARE SEPARATE PAGES FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS AND TECHNICAL MATERIAL COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS WEATHER OBSERVATION VIA SATELLITE, RAIN AND AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENT, SEA BREEZES, TYPHOON WINDS, AND THE 24 SOLAR TERMS.
A HONG KONG ASTRONOMER, MR. JOSEPH H.C. LIU, HAS CONTRIBUTED TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, TAKEN THROUGH A TELESCOPE, OF THE MOON SHOWING SURFACE FEATURES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST.
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