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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1974

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ALTHOUGH THE MAP IS TITLED +NEW TERRITORIES/VEST+, IT COVERS

ALSO THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE MAINLAND NEW TERRITORIES.

THE NEXT

MAP IN THE +COUNTRYSIDE+ SERIES, SHEET 3, WILL BE OF LANTAU= IT

SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

PRELIMINARY WORK HAS ALSO STARTED ON SHEET 4, THE NEW

TERRITORIES/EAST, WHICH WILL TAKE IN THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA,

IT SHOULD BE READY AT ABOUT THE TIME WHEN NEW ROADS IN THE

PENINSULA BECOME ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

HR. COOPER ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC OF OTHER MAPS FOR CENERAL

USE WHICH ARE ON SALE, LIKE THE OFFICIAL GUIDE MAP TO HONG KONG

THE LATTER IS AVAILABLE AND THE 1:50,000 MAP FOR THE TERRITORY.

IN EITHER TWO OVERLAPPING SHEETS, WHICH CAN BE CUT AND JOINED TO

FORM A WALL-MAP ABOUT 50'' x 40'' OR IN ONE DOUBLE-SIDES SHEET

WHICH CAN BE CONVENIENTLY FOLDED AND USED BY MOTORISTS.

THERE IS, IN ADDITION, A WIDE VARIETY OF LARGER-SCALE

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND SURVEY PLANS WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED AND BOUGHT FROM EITHER OF THE TWO SALES SECTIONS OF THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY

OFFICE.

NOTE TO EDITORS: COPIES OF THE NEW COUNTRYSIDE MAP ARE BOXED FOR

COLLECTION.

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