TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1993
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"IN PARTICULAR, THE OFFICER GRADE HAS ALSO BEEN REFLECT THE DIVERSIFIED ROLES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE QUALITY FOR THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, HE ADDED.
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ON PARADE TODAY WERE 244 ASSISTANT OFFICERS II WHO COMPLETED 20 WEEKS' BASIC TRAINING.
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STANDARD NUMBER SYSTEM USEFUL IN MARKETING BOOKS
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HAD JUST
PUBLISHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE USR OF THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER (ISBN) SYSTEM FOR MORE EFFICIENT MARKETING OF BOOKS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
AN ISBN IS A UNIQUE NUMBER GIVEN TO EVERY BOOK OR EDITION OF A BOOK BEFORE PUBLICATION TO IDENTIFY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF
THE PUBLISHER, THE PUBLISHER, THE TITLE, THE EDITION, VOLUME NUMBER AND BINDING FORMAT.
NUMBER,
EACH ISBN IS MADE UP OF 10 DIGITS FROM THE FOUR PARTS:
PUBLISHER IDENTIFIER, TITLE NUMBER AND CHECK DIGIT.
GROUP
THE GROUP NUMBER ALLOCATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ISBN AGENCY AT BERLIN TO IDENTIFY ALL BOOKS PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG IS "962".
OVERSEAS PUBLISHERS ARE NOT PERMITTED ΤΟ USE "962" AS THE GROUP NUMBER, WHICH APPEARS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE ISBN.
"THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISBN SYSTEM IS VESTED IN REGISTRATION OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH.
"PUBLISHERS IDENTIFIERS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO LOCAL FREE OF CHARGE UPON APPLICATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE ISBN IS USEFUL TO PUBLISHERS,
BECAUSE:
THE BOOKS
PUBLISHERS
BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS
OF
* IT CO-ORDINATES AND STANDARDISKS INTERNATIONALLY THE USE
BOOK NUMBERS IN AN UNAMBIGUOUS MANNER AND AVOID THE BURDEN OF USING A COMPLEX BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION.
IT CONTRIBUTES TO MORE EFFICIENT MARKETING OF BOOKS FOR IT IDENTIFIES NOT ONLY A PUBLICATION, BUT ALSO ITS PUBLISHER AS WELL.
IT ALSO
FACILITATES BOOK ACQUISITION, CATALOGUING, CIRCULATION, INTER-LIBRARY LOAN AND STOCK-TAKING JN LIBRARIES AND
DOCUMENTATION CENTRES,
PROCESSES PROVIDING
ECONOMIC CONTROL ON THE FLOW OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
FOR
TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS AND MATERIALS WHICH ARE ELIGIBLE ISBN'S INCLUDE PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, MICRO-FORMS, EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS OR MOVIES, SOUND RECORDINGS THAT FORM PART OF A PUBLISHER'S PROGRAMME, MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE, ATLASES AND BRAILLE PUBLICATIONS.
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