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SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1978

STREET GUIDE FOR KOWLOON AND NT ON SALE

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THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE OFFICIAL STREET GUIDE FOR HONG KONG, COVER ING KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE AT $8.50 A COPY.

THE GUIDE 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 IS COMPLETELY .BILINGUAL.

A FEATURE OF THE GUIDE IS THAT BUILDINGS AND PLACES OF INTEREST SUCH AS ASSOCIATIONS, BEACHES, CONSULATES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HOSPITALS, HOTELS, PARKS, CHURCHES, TEMPLES, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES, ARE GROUPED UNDER SPECIAL HEADINGS FOR EASY REFERENCE.

IT IS THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF TWO STREET GUIDES PUBLISHED BY THE P.W.D.'S LANDS, SURVEY AND TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THE FIRST VOLUME, COVERING HONG KONG ISLAND, LANTAU AND OUTLYING ISLANDS, WAS PUBLISHED IN JANUARY LAST YEAR,

P.W.D.'S

COMMENTING ON THE NEW STREET GUIDE, MR. HAL EMPSON, CARTOGRAPHER SAID THAT THE LATEST VOLUME WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE PREVIOUS ONE WITH THUMB INDEXES ADDED TO SPEED UP DIRECTORY

REFERENCES AND MORE CLEARLY SEPARATING THE ENGLISH SECTION FROM THE CHINESE.

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

+LIKE THE FIRST VOLUME A TOTAL OF 20,000 COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED.+

SO FAR, HE SAID, MORE THAN 18,000 COPIES OF THE FIRST VOLUME HAD BEEN SOLD AND MORE COPIES OF A REVISED EDITION WOULD SHORTLY BE PRINTED.

REFERRING TO THE SECOND VOLUME, MR. EMPSON PREDICTED THAT IT SHOULD BE MORE POPULAR IN VIEW OF THE LARGER POPULATION IN KOWLOON, THE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE AIRPORT TO TRAVEL ABROAD,

COPIES OF THE NEW GUIDE ARE ALSO ON SALE AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S MAP-SALES COUNTER ON THE 19TH FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING. THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION BOOTHS, AND MANY HOTELS AND LEADING BOOKSTORES.

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