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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1982

+ IT IS AT ONCE READABLE, INFORMATIVE AND VERY HUMAN,

+1 FOUND THIS CHAPTER MOVING. GRAHAM JENKINS IS CLEARLY WRITING ABOUT A HONG KONG HE ADMIRES.

+HIS PERSONAL REFLECTIONS AS MUCH AS THE CAREFULLY QUOTED STATISTICS REFLECT AN HONEST APPRECIATION OF THE PEOPLE HE HAS COME TO KNOW SO WELL. DO READ THIS,+ MR BRAY TOLD THE ROTARIANS.

THE ANNUAL REPORT IS WELL ILLUSTRATED, AND CONTAINS 100 EXCELLENT COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS.

PRODUCED IN SEPARATE ENGLISH AND CHINESE EDITIONS, IT HAS BECOME THE BEST SELLING GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION,

THE REPORT IS DELIBERATELY SOLD AT A LOW PRICE OF $24, AND IS OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING BOOKSELLERS, ABOUT 10 PER CENT GO TO SCHOOLS AS TEXTBOOKS AND 5 PER CENT ARE SENT OVERSEAS, MR BRAY SAID.

THE 1982 REPORT WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE FROM FRIDAY, MARCH 5, AND COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT COMMERCIAL BOOKSHOPS AND DISTRICT OFFICES A FEW DAYS LATER.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY PUT OUT IN FULL COLOUR INCLUDED ONE ON THE HISTORY AND TYPE OF TEMPLES OF HONG KONG, A HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED BOOK ON BUTTERFLIES, AND A BOOK ON THE STORY OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ALL IN THE 'THIS IS HONG KONG SERIES. THERE WERE BOOKS ALSO ON COUNTRY PARKS, RURAL ARCHITECTURE, ANIMALS AND MARINE FISHES AND A SERIES OF NATURE TRAIL PAMPHLETS, MAKING UP THE SERIES ON HONG KONG'S COUNTRYSIDE AND ANIMALS.+

BUDGET TALK ON TELEVISION

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON JOHN BREMRIDGE WILL GIVE A TELEVISION TALK ON HIS 1982/83 BUDGET TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.

THE TALK WILL BE BROADCAST ON TVB PEARL AT 7.30 PM AND ON RTV-2 AT 8.40 PM.

A CHINESE VERSION OF THE TALK WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR JOSEPH YAM, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (ECONOMIC SERVICES) AT 6.55 PM ON RTV-1 AND AT 7 PM ON TVB JADE ON THE SAME DAY.

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