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SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1978
FOURTH EDITION OF SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORY ON SALE
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THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORY OF HONG KONG HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.
THE NEW DIRECTORY IS NOW ON SALE AT $35 A COPY OBTAINED FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY OR THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
IT CAN BE CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
THE NEW PUBLICATION IS COMPILED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC CO-ORDINATION HONG KONG, WHOSE CHAIRMAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR. GORDON BELL. THE FIRST THREE EDITIONS WERE PUBLISHED IN 1964, 1968 AND 1974 RESPECTIVELY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW EDITION WAS TO PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN LOCALLY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND FACILITATE THEIR CO-ORDINATION.
THE NEW EDITION HAS TWO MAIN SECTIONS: A LIST OF SCIENTISTS AND A LIST OF SCIENTIFIC FACILITIES INCLUDING LIBRARIES AND PRECISION MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS IN HONG KONG.
A TOTAL OF 967 SCIENTISTS AND 128 ENTRIES OF SCIENTIFIC FACILITIES INCLUDING LIBRARIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEW EDITION.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO +NATIONAL+ STANDARD LABORATORY IN HONG KONG, THE NEW PUBLICATION ALSO REGISTERS A TOTAL OF 375 PRECISION MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS KEPT IN VARIOUS LOCAL SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES.
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