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Sunday, February 29, 1976

Statistics are set out in appendices where the reader can see

at a glance how much or how many in relation to more than 40 subjects

including international trade, basketball courts, money in the banks,

schools and examination results, the cost of living, letters and parcels

posted, crime, traffic casualties, fish caught and poultry raised.

The book has been produced by Government Information Services

and was edited by Joyce Savidge, a Senior Information Officer and the

yearbook's first woman editor. The Creative Director of GIS, Arthur

Hacker, designed the book and nearly all the pictures were taken by 315

photographers.

The Chinese version has been prepared by a team of Chinese language

officers in the Home Affairs Department, under the supervision of G. Louie

Yun-tao.

More than 31,000 copies in English and Chinese have been printed

by the Government Printer for simultaneous publication tomorrow.

price of the book in either language is the same as last year

'The

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"Hong Kong 1976" is available at the Government Publications

Centre, Star Ferry Concourse, Hong Kong; the 20 City District Offices;

the Tourist Association office at the Star Ferry in Tsim Sha Tsui; the

information counter in Ocean Terminal; and all leading bookstores.

Bulk

orders and editorial enquiries are handled at the publications office

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of GIS at 1A, Garden Road, Central.

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