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Quicker and greener access to Daily Information Bulletin
To enhance public understanding of government policies, decisions and activities, the Daily Information Bulletin (DIB) issued by the Government Information Services (GIS) has been uploaded onto the Hong Kong Government Home Page on the Internet since April 1.
Internet users can now read the DIB under the News Update of the Government Home Page at http://www.info.gov.hk/isd/news/index.htm.
The DIB covers all the press releases and regular statistics and figures issued through GIS by various government departments.
A GIS spokesman said today (Sunday) that the new arrangement was also environment-friendly as more than 3.1 million sheets of A4-size paper could be saved each year, not to mention the postage, labour and other costs incurred in printing and mailing.
At present, 853 copies of the Chinese and English versions of the DIB are sent daily to subscribers, including local and overseas public organisations, consulates and the business community.
To tie in with the new arrangement, the DIB will no longer be sent to subscribers in the form of hard copies from May 1.
"Internet users can now view the DIB the day immediately after the press releases have been issued, compared with two or three days through the normal mailing method," the spokesman said.
"Major press releases issued by policy branches and government departments have already been included in the Internet since the end of 1995, yet the launch of the DIB on the Internet provides a more comprehensive set of government press releases which Internet users might find useful."
The News Update in the Government Home Page attracted more than 5,400 visitors in March.
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