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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1981

NEW EDITION OF BEST-SELLING YEARBOOK

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HONG KONG'S OFFICIAL YEARBOOK - HONG KONG 1981 – WHICH TRACES SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TERRITORY DURING THE PAST YEAR AND PRESENTS THOUSANDS OF INTERESTING NEW FACTS AND STATISTICS, GOES ON SALE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

AN ESTABLISHED BEST-SELLER IN HONG KONG, THE LATEST EDITION CONTAINS 80 COLOUR PLATES, A RECORD NUMBER OF PAGES- AND IT IS SELLING AT THE UNCHANGED PRICE OF $22 A COPY.

A SPECTACULAR TWILIGHT VIEW OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL IS FEATURED ON THE COVER.

TO MEET THE DEMAND OF RECENT YEARS, 35 000 ENGLISH COPIES AND 13 ODO CHINESE COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED. THE BOOK WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL. SUPPLIES WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE THROUGH CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES AND LEADING BOOKSTORES.

+FOR ANYONE WANTING A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE PAST YEAR AS EXPERIENCED IN HONG KONG, THIS BOOK IS AN INDISPENSABLE SOURCE,+ SAID A GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES SPOKESMAN.

+THE STATISTICS AND COVERAGE MONITOR EVENTS UP TO AND INCLUDING THE END OF 1980, SO THAT BESIDES CHRONICLING THE YEAR AS IT HAPPENED, THE BOOK IS ALSO A WIDE-RANGING STATEMENT OF HONG KONG'S AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AT THIS MOMENT.

+VISUALLY, TOO, IT MAINTAINS THE VERY HIGH STANDARDS THAT ARE SET FOR THIS ANNUAL PUBLICATION.

TOPICS COVERED BY THE COLOUR SECTIONS INCLUDE THE HONG KONG IN LONDON FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER, THE LOCAL GOLD TRADE, TOURISM, THE SAI KUNG REGION, HONG KONG'S MEDIA ACTIVITIES AND HOUSING,

A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IS LINKED WITH THE OPENING CHAPTER, WHICH PRESENTS A PERSONAL VIEW OF THE TERRITORY'S FASCINATING JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY, FROM THE POST-WAR YEARS TO THE PRESENT DAY.

WRITTEN BY A LEADING NEWSPAPER EDITOR AND AUTHOR, MR ROBIN HUTCHEON, THE CHAPTER, SAID THE SPOKESMAN, IS AN ABSORBING REVIEW OF THE TIMES, AND ONE THAT IS CERTAIN TO PROVIDE READERS WITH A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FORCES AND EVENTS WHICH HAVE SHAPED HONG KONG INTO THE DYNAMIC ENTITY IT IS TODAY.

OTHER CHAPTERS GIVE A COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE ON VARIOUS TOPICS SUCH AS INDUSTRY AND TRADE, POPULATION, THE ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION, PUBLIC ORDER, COMMUNICATIONS, RECREATION AND THE ARTS, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HONG KONG'S CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION.

HONG KONG 1981 WAS PRODUCED IN ENGLISH BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TRANSLATED BY THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, AND PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER.

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