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Tuesday, February 27, 1973

PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE HOVING INTO NEW PREMISES

The Public Records Office will be moving into new premises

in the Murray Road multi-storey car park building this October.

This Office provides a centralised service in the selection

and preservation of government archives, or permanently valuable

public records.

These archives and public records are kept for official

reference and, under approved conditions, for private research.

Mr. A.I. Diamond, the Archivist in charge, said that

work on the compilation of material had been progressing smoothly

since the Office opened in July last year.

His staff had compiled over 1,000 feet of public records,

from various government departments, and it is estimated that there

will be a stock of nearly 5,000 feet by 1974.

These measurements refer to the footage of shelving

occupied by records stored in standard cartons lodged in mobile

storage bays mounted on rails for space economy and easy access,

"Sometimes we have to locate a certain document within ten

minutes," Mr. Diamond said, "but our finding aids are such that we

are able to do this without much difficulty.

There is also a supply of photographs, including an interesting

collection obtained from the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)

depicting manoeuvres, buildings, equipment and personnel.

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