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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1977

LOCATING STREETS AND PLACES MADE EASY ******

FINDING ONE'S WAY AROUND HONG KONG HAS NOW BECOME MUCH SIMPLER THANKS TO A COMPREHENSIVE NEW BILINGUAL STREET GUIDE JUST PUBLISHED BY THE P.W.D.'S LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT.

ENTITLED 'HONG KONG STREETS AND PLACES', THE GUIDE COMES IN A HANDY, POCKET SIZE BOOKLET ATTRACTIVELY DESIGNED WITH COLOUR MAPS SUPPORTED BY AN EASY REFERENCE DIRECTORY FOR RAPID LOCATION OF EVERY STREET AND IMPORTANT BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS PLACES OF INTEREST.

THE BOOKLET IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL STREET GUIDE FOR HONG KONG AND IS BEING PRODUCED IN TWO VOLUMES.

THE FIRST VOLUME, NOW ON SALE, COVERS HONG KONG ISLAND, LANTAU AND OUTLYING ISLANDS, INCLUDING CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHÁU AND MA WAN.

A SECOND VOLUME, COVERING KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, IS BEING PREPARED BY THE P.W.D. CARTOGRAPHERS AND SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR.

INTRODUCING THE NEW GUIDE TODAY, MR. JIM BENTLEY, THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE P.W.D.'S MAP-MAKING ACTIVITIES, SAID THE OFFICIAL GUIDE WAS DESIGNED TO MEET A LONG FELT NEED FOR AN AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCURATE DIRECTORY OF HONG KONG STREETS AND PLACES.

+RAPID DEVELOPMENTS IN RECENT YEARS HAVE BROUGHT DRAMATIC PHYSICAL CHANGES TO HONG KONG, SO MUCH SO THAT EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SOME TIME LET ALONE VISITORS --

THE AREAS THEY HAVE BEEN

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ARE BARELY ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF USED TO.

+ THE NEW GUIDE INCORPORATES ALL THE LATEST ROADS, STREETS, FLYOVERS AND MAJOR PUBLIC AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND IS INTENDED TO HELP PEOPLE IN FINDING THEIR WAY ABOUT QUICKLY AND CONVENIENTLY, HE SAID.

ONE OF THE GREAT ADVANTAGES OF THE OFFICIAL GUIDE, HE SAID, WAS THAT IT WOULD BE KEPT FULLY UP TO DATE.

+REVISED EDITIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED REGULARLY TO KEEP PACE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS, HE SAID.

/MK. BENTLEY