TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1989
ANNUAL REPORT A PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON HK
*
THE YEARS
HAVE
LOOKED TO THE ON HONG
GOVERNMENT KONG, THE
MANY PEOPLE OVER ANNUAL REPORT AS THE PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
-
THE HONG KONG
THE LANDMARK,
IN OPENING A FIVE-DAY PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, YEARBOOK 25 YEARS IN PICTURES, AT THE WEST BRIDGE OF MRS YAU SAID THAT WHAT BEGAN AS A WORK OF REFERENCE HAD ESTABLISHED PLACE FOR ITSELF AT THE TOP OF THE BEST-SELLER LISTS.
SHE SAID THE REASON FOR THIS WAS TWO-FOLD:
THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST, BOTH INTERNALLY AND IN THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMIC COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING SUCCESS STORY; AND
A
OVERSEAS,
IN
ITS
FACTS
AND IN THE
то MADE
PRESENT THE EVERY ENDEAVOUR HAS BEEN STATISTICS IN AS PALATABLE A FORM AS POSSIBLE, BOTH TEXT AND IN THE ACCOMPANYING COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.
ITS
OF ANNUAL REPORTS "HONG KONG 1989, THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE THAT MY DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES, MAKES APPEARANCE TODAY IN BOOK STORES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG,
IN DOING SO, SHE SAID, IT PROVIDED OURSELVES OF HOW FAR WE HAVE COME.
H MRS YAU SAID.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND
A PICTORIAL THE EXHIBITION WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
OF THE QUARTER CENTURY ODYSSEY
OVER STRETCHING BACK
THE PAST ILLUSTRATIONS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED, PUBLICATION SINCE COLOUR
SHR
SAID.
MRS YAU
SAID THE PHOTOGRAPHS
DISPLAYED
THE AT
THE
EXHIBITION
TREMENDOUS STANDARDS,
AND HIGHLY TALENTED GIS SERVED AS A SHOWCASE FOR THE HARD WORKING
AND THEY
A ALSO
OF PHOTOGRAPHERS,
WERK
REMINDER STRIDES HONG KONG HAD MADE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, IN LIVING IN SOCIAL CONDITIONS, AND IN ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SHE
ART
OF MANY PEOPLE, SAYING THAT HONG KONG 1989 WAS THE WORK ACKNOWLEDGED THE KEY ROLE PLAYED BY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND DIRECTOR, MR ARTHUR HACKER, WHO HAS DESIGNED 21 OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS.
INFORMATION OFFICER, MR
FROM
THE EDITOR OF HONG KONG 1989, SENIOR ALADIN ISMAIL, WAS ASSISTED BY CONTRIBUTIONS DEPARTMENTS AND FROM MANY PUBLIC BODIES AND COMMUNITY WHOSE CO-OPERATION ANY ACCOUNT OF THE PAST YEAR WOULD SHE SAID.
ALL GOVERNMENT GROUPS WITHOUT BE INCOMPLETE,
THE
THE
SURVEYING
TO TRIBUTE
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MRS YAU ALSO PAID CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, AND CARTOGRAPHERS OF AND MAPPING OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT.
/2