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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1984
EACH DAY, STUDENTS DOING PROJECTS, TEACHERS DESIGNING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, PUBLISHERS PLANNING BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, FOREIGN JOURNALISTS RESEARCHING ON HONG KONG, REPRESENTATIVES FROM ORGANISATIONS STAGING EXHIBITIONS, OR TOURISTS ASKING FOR SOUVENIR PHOTOS VISIT THE LIBRARY.
ON AVERAGE, IT RECEIVES MORE THAN 2 300 ENQUIRIES AND HANDLES ABOUT 600 REQUESTS FOR PHOTOS A YEAR,
ITS LARGE COLLECTION IS THE HARD WORK OF A TEAM OF 12 PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FIVE TECHNICIANS FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION OVER MANY YEARS.
+THESE PHOTOGRAPHERS CARRY OUT MORE THAN 200 ASSIGNMENTS EACH MONTH,+ A GIS SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE DARKROOM DEVELOPS ABOUT 700 ROLLS OF FILMS AND MAKES SOME 5 000 BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINTS AND 700 COLOUR DUPLICATES A MONTH FOR USE BY THE GIS AS WELL AS TO MEET REQUESTS FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PUBLIC.
+THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WORK IRREGULAR HOURS UNDER ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS TO TAKE PICTURES WHICH MUST MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
EVERYDAY, AS THE DEPARTMENT'S NEWS DIVISION SENDS GOVERNMENT INFORMATION TO THE MEDIA, RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TRANSMITTED TO THEM BY FACSIMILE.
THESE COULD BE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING VISITING DIGNITARIES, THE OPENING OF A NEW BUILDING, MODELS OF A NEW PROJECT OR AERIAL VIEWS OF NEW TOWNS.
ALSO, THE WORKS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS HAD APPEARED IN MANY GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
+A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT WITH ITS MANY PAGES OF COLOUR PHOTOS RECORDING THE HAPPENINGS OF THE YEAR, HE SAID.
EVERY YEAR, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION IS INVOLVED IN PRODUCING MATERIALS FOR LARGE-SCALE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS ON SUCH THEMES AS CRIME PREVENTION, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, ANTI-NARCOTICS, THE NEW I.D. CARD SCHEME, FIRÉ PREVENTION AND ROAD SAFETY.
+VERY OFTEN, THESE TASKS INVOLVE MORE THAN JUST TAKING PICTURES, THE PHOTOGRAPHERS MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO SPEND HOURS OF WORK IN PLANNING, CO-ORDINATION, CONCEPTUALISATION OF THE THEMES AND FINDING THE RIGHT LOCATION, OBJECTS AND PEOPLE, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
'IN ADDITION,