NOTE TO EDITORS:
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1984
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NEW ARRANGEMENTS AT GIS LIBRARY
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NEW ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING INTRODUCED AT THE LIBRARY
OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE WHICH IT OFFERS TO JOURNALISTS.
THE LIBRARY, ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, CARRIES SEVERAL MILLION PRESS CUTTINGS, PRESS RELEASES AND OTHER ITEMS ARRANGED IN ABOUT 1 500 FILES. THE LIBRARY RECEIVES SEVERAL IMPORTANT PAPERS FROM OVERSEAS. THERE ARE PHOTOCOPYING FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
FROM MONDAY, JANUARY 30, ACCESS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL BONA FIDE JOURNALISTS. FROM THEN, OTHER USERS, SUCH AS SCHOOL CHILDREN WORKING ON PROJECTS, WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE PRIOR WRITTEN APPLICATION BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE ON THE IR REQUESTS FOR ACCESS.
+WE HAVE FOUND IN RECENT YEARS THAT THE HEAVY DEMANDS MADE UPON THE LIBRARY BY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN STEADILY GROWING. THIS HAS TENDED TO OBSCURE THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE LIBRARY - TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR OWN OFFICERS AND TO JOURNALISTS, SAID A GIS SPOKESMAN.
+THERE ARE MANY OTHER LIBRARIES IN HONG KONG WHICH ARE OPEN TO STUDENTS AND WE FEEL IT IS TIME THAT WE LOOK AT OUR LIBRARY TO ENSURE IT FULFILS ITS PROPER ROLE.+
HE SAID THAT THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WOULD RUN FOR A TRI AL PERIOD OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND THERE WOULD THEN BE A REVIEW.
NEW FERRY PIER FOR PENG CHAU
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THE OPENING OF THE NEW PENG CHAU FERRY PIER WOULD HELP MEET THE INCREASING NEED OF PASSENGERS, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PIER, HE SAID THAT WATER TRANSPORT IS THE ESSENTIAL LINK BETWEEN PENG CHAU RESIDENTS AND THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY.
WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH AND THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE ISLAND, FACILITIES PROVIDED BY THE OLD PIER HAD BECOME INADEQUATE, HE SAID.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, NOW BEING CARRIED OUT ON PENG CHAU IN PHASES, WERE ALL COMPLETED, MORE COMMUNITY FACILITIES WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE RESIDENTS.
/THE NEW