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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1981
ELEGANT LOOK FOR SCIENTIFIC CALENDAR
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AN ELEGANT NEW WALL CALENDAR WHICH COMBINES SPECTACULAR FULL COLOUR PICTURES WITH SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION COMPILED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IS NOW ON SALE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT BUYERS.
THE 1982 DITION IS THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF EAGERLY- AWAITED BILING.AL CALENDARS PRODUCED JOINTLY BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
IT IS ON SALE FOR $26 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL- THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS AT NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AND LEADING BOOKSHOPS.
+THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG DEMAND FOR THIS PARTICULAR PUBLICATION BECAUSE OF ITS INFORMATIVE NATURE AND WE THINK IT WILL HAVE EXTRA APPEAL THIS YEAR IN VIEW OF THE HIGHER QUALITY AND LARGER SIZE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GIS PUBLISHING SUB-DIVISION SAID TODAY.
AMONG THE ILLUSTRATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CALENDAR IS A DRAMATIC PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE AWESOME ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST HELENS IN WASHINGTON STATE, USA, WHICH TOOK THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE AND CAUSED AN ESTÍMATED US$2 BILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE.
ANOTHER UNUSUAL PICTURE SHOWS THE WALL CLOUD OF A TYPHOON TAKEN FROM AN AIRCRAFT INSIDE THE EYE OF A TYPHOON.
MANY USERS OF THE CALENDAR FIND IT INVALUABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION OF TIMES OF SUNRISE, SUNSET, MOONRISE, AND MOONSET, CLIMATIC DATA AND TIDAL PREDICTIONS.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR JOHN PEACOCK, PAYS TRIBUTE IN THE CALENDAR TO THE WORK OF VOLUNTARY WEATHER OBSERVERS AND STORM SIGNAL OPERATORS.
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+THE IR DEVOTION TO THIS TASK, WHICH IS OFTEN DIFFICULT NOT DANGEROUS, IN SEVERE WEATHER, IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED, HE SAYS.
THE CALENDAR IS PUBLISHED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR ASSISTANCE AND TO HELP POPULARISE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG.
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