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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1982

ROYAL OBSERVATORY WALL CALENDAR

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AN ATTRACTIVE WALL CALENDAR FOR 1983 WHICH COMBINES EXCELLENT FULL COLOUR PICTURES WITH SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION COMPILED BY HONG KONG'S ROYAL OBSERVATORY IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT BUYERS.

IT IS ON SALE AT $32 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL. IT CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED FROM THE NINTH OF THIS MONTH FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS IN NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AND AT LEADING BOOKSHOPS,

THE 1983 EDITION OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDAR WITH A DRAMATIC TWILIGHT PICTURE ON ITS COVER IS THE LATEST IN THE LONG LINE OF BILINGUAL CALENDARS PRODUCED JOINTLY BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES. IT HAS BEEN PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER.

+THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN PRODUCED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK DONE BY VOLUNTARY WEATHER OBSERVERS AND STORM SIGNAL OPERATORS, AND TO HELP POPULARISE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG,+ Á SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLISHING SUB-DIVISION OF GIS SAID TODAY.

+THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG DEMAND FOR THIS SCIENTIFIC CALENDAR BECAUSE OF ITS EDUCATIVE NATURE AND HIGH QUALITY OF PRODUCTION,✦ HE ADDED.

IN ADDITION TO THE TWILIGHT PICTURE OF ABERDEEN ON THE COVER, THERE ARE OTHER BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING PEACH BLOSSOMS AT LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE FORMATION OF HAILSTONES, OCEAN CURRENTS, THE +GREENHOUSE+ EFFECT, BEHAVIOUR OF A SMOKE PLUME, AND JET STREAMS.

APART FROM THE NEW ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDAR THE POPULAR GOVERNMENT CALENDAR, 1983, IS ALSO ON SALE AT $29 A COPY. IT IS ACCOMPANIED WITH AN ENVELOPE WHICH MAKES IT AN IDEAL GIFT FOR POSTING.

THE CALENDAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MANY YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG AND IT HELPS ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT HAS A TWO-MONTH TO A PAGE FORMAT AND FEATURES GLOSSY COLOUR PICTURES OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNIFORMS OF GROUPS SUCH AS THE RED CROSS, ROAD SAFETY PATROL AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL.

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