MONDAY, MAY 25, 1987
GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT OUT ON WEDNESDAY
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THE GREEN PAPER ON THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 27), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).
AND COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AFTER IT HAS BEEN TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
TO ENSURE THAT THE GREEN PAPER COULD REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ONE MILLION CHINESE AND 250 DOO ENGLISH COPIES HAD BEEN PRINTED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN ABOUT 300 OUTLETS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
AFTER THE GREEN PAPER IS TABLED, A SPECIAL COUNTER WILL BE SET UP ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES HEADQUARTERS AT BEACONSFIELD HOUSE AT 5 PM TO DISTRIBUTE COPIES.
THE GREEN PAPER WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING DAY FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICES, HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT OFFICES, PUBLIC SERVICE COUNTERS OF THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT AND THE TREASURY, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE.
TO ENSURE THAT THE GREEN PAPER COULD REACH THE WIDEST SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY, SEVEN MOBILE TEAMS WILL ALSO BE DEPLOYED IN THE FIRST TEN DAYS TO FACILITATE DISTRIBUTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FROM 8 AM TO 7.30 PM DAILY, ONE TEAM WILL BE STATIONED AT THE STAR FERRY PIER IN CENTRAL AND THE OTHER SIX WILL MAKE BLANKET COVERAGE OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT A PUBLICITY PACKAGE WILL BE LAUNCHED TO COINCIDE WITH THE RELEASE OF THE GREEN PAPER.
THEY INCLUDE A TV API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST), A TV SLIDE AND RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH WILL BE BROADCAST FROM MAY 28 TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE GREEN PAPER AND TO URGE THEM TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON IT.
TO PROVIDE A CONSTANT REMINDER, POSTERS WITH THE COPY LINE +THE GREEN PAPER YOU NEED TO READ+ WILL BE PUT UP ON THE SAME DAY ON SOME 800 GOVERNMENT POSTER SITES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THIS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A POSTER DISPLAY IN MTR AND KCR TRACK SIDES AS WELL AS STATION LOBBIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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