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Popular demand for Year Book
Additional copies of the latest Hong Kong Annual Report have been printed due to popular demand.
Hong Kong 1996 is the 50th Anniversary edition of the year book and it has received an enthusiastic response from the public, Chief Information Officer of the Information Services Department, Mr Paul Brown, said today (Thursday).
He said the Chinese edition of the book had almost sold out by November and it was necessary to order a reprint to meet the continued demand, particularly for the Christmas season when publications were purchased as gifts.
"The book is a handy compendium of official facts and figures relating to the past year as well as about Hong Kong generally, and its publication coincides with a time of heightened interest in information about the territory," Mr Brown said.
He said the increased public interest was probably also due to the fact that it was an anniversary edition and because of the special features that were included in the book.
The Review Chapter of the book is written by The Baroness Dunn, who comments on the necessary ingredients for Hong Kong's success. It was one of her last public acts before leaving Hong Kong after many years of public service, including as Senior Member of both the Legislative and Executive Councils.
In keeping with anniversary editions, the book includes a photographic retrospective showing how Hong Kong has changed in the past 50 years. There is also a foreword which provides a taste of what life was like in the immediate post-war period.
To put readers in the picture with regard to the achievements made during the transitional period, the book lists the agreements which have been reached since the Joint Liaison Group was established in 1984 and the multilateral treaties that Hong Kong is now a party to.
Another special feature of the book is the inclusion for the first time of a map of the territory showing it in its southern China setting and illustrating the city centres, airports and other major facilities in the Pearl River Delta and southern Guangdong.
Copies of Hong Kong 1996 are available in English and Chinese at the Government Publications Centre, ground floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong. They are also available at leading book shops and the Government's District Offices.