WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1985
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GOVERNOR LOOKS INTO GIS WORK
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SPENT OVER TWO HOURS THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON LOOKING INTO THE WORK OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DÉPARTMENT AND MEETING WITH ITS STAFF.
FROM ABOUT 2.30 PM THE GOVERNOR TOURED VARIOUS DIVISIONS AND SUB-DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT LOCATED AT DIFFERENT FLOORS IN BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MISS CHEUNG MAN-YEE, JUST BACK FROM A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MRS IRENE YAU.
AFTER A GENERAL BRIEFING BY DIRECTORATE STAFF ON GIS ACTIVITIES, SIR EDWARD WENT FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT'S THREE MAIN DIVISIONS OF NEWS, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY.
THESE THREE DIVISIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH, IN THE BEACONSFIELD HOUSE HEADQUARTERS INCLUDE:
* AN INQUIRY SECTION WHOSE ROUND-THE-CLOCK OPERATION
DEALS WITH AN AVERAGE OF 600 CALLS A DAY,
* AN EDITORIAL SECTION, WHICH PROCESSES ALL THE INFORMATION PUT OUT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE BY THE GIS NEWS ROOM,
* A MEDIA RESEARCH SUB-DIVISION, WHICH KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT
INFORMED OF PUBLIC OPINION AS EXPRESSED IN THE INFORMATION MEDIA,
* AN OVERSEAS PUBLIC RELATIONS SUB-DIVISION, PROVIDING A
SERVICE TO BOTH VISITING JOURNALISTS AND HONG KONG-BASED FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS, AND
* PROMOTIONS, PUBLISHING AND CREATIVE SUB-DIVISIONS, DEALING WITH GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGNS, A RANGE OF PUBLICATIONS, DESIGN AND DISPLAY SERVICES, AND FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK.
SIR EDWARD ROUNDED OFF HIS VISIT WITH A 20-MINUTE MEETING OVER TEA WITH SOME OF THE GIS STAFF, AND CHATTED WITH THEM ABOUT THE IR WORK.
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