THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1986
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PUBLICATIONS KEEP PUBLIC UP TO DATE
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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, COVERING A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS AND TOUCHING ON EVERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF LIFE IN HONG KONG, ARE VITAL IN THE PROVISION OF REFERENCE IMFORMATION, THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF TAI PING SHAN, MR CHAN SAID EVEN FOR A LOCAL RESIDENT WHO HAD A GOOD KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF DAILY AFFAIRS IN HONG KONG, HIS BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON A CERTAIN TOPIC WOULD NOT BE SYSTEMATICALLY DETAILED.
+THEREFORE, IF SOMEONE IS WRITING A THESIS ON HONG KONG'S FOREIGN TRADE OR PREPARING A SPEECH ON CERTAIN GOVERNMENT POLICY FOR A LIONS CLUB LUNCHEON MEETING, OR JUST TRYING TO GAIN A BETTER INSIGHT INTO A NEWS ITEM, HE WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR SOME REFERENCE MATERIALS.
+ IT IS IN THIS RESPECT THAT THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S PUBLISHING SUB-DIVISION IS PLAYING A KEY ROLE,+ HE SAID, IT PRODUCED A VARIETY OF BOOKS, BOOKLETS AND LEAFLETS.
THE SERIES OF FACT SHEETS+, WHICH AIMED AT PROVIDING BASIC INFORMATION ON HONG KONG, NOW COVERED 53 SUBJECTS AND EACH OF THE 53 FACT SHEETS WAS REVISED YEARLY.
THE FACT SHEETS WERE USEFUL NOT ONLY TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUT THEY ALSO HELPED FOREIGNERS GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG, MR CHAN SAID,
+EVERY YEAR, A LARGE QUANTITY OF THE FACT SHEETS ARE DISTRIBUTED FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN LONDON, BRUSSELS, GENEVA, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON AND SAN FRANCISCO IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND PUBLICISE HONG KONG.
+ON THE OTHER HAND, MANY FOREIGN REPORTERS WHO WISH TO GET A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF HONG KONG WITHIN A LIMITED TIME SCALE ARE OBTAINING MUCH FACTUAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FROM THE FACT SHEETS WHICH DEFINITELY PROVE HELPFUL IN THE IR WORK, HE SAID.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS, +HOW TO APPLY+ LEAFLETS, WERE ALSO PROVIDING VALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO THE PUBLIC, EXPLAINING HOW PEOPLE COULD OBTAIN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT SERVICES RANGING FROM LEGAL AID TO LOANS AND GRANTS TO STUDENTS RECEIVING TERTIARY EDUCATION, MR CHAN SAID.
+AMONG ALL THE GIS PUBLICATIONS, HE SAID, THE HONG KONG YEAR BOOK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE AND BECAUSE OF ITS LOW PRICE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LOCAL PUBLICATIONS.+
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