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SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1987

REVISED TAI PO DISTRICT HANDBOOK PUBLISHED

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THE REVISED EDITION OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT HANDBOOK WITH UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

THE 72-PAGE HANDBOOK IN CHINESE WAS PRODUCED BY THE DISTRICT DARD'S PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE

PUBLICATION INTRODUCING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TAI PO TO RESIDENTS.

*THE FIRST EDITION OF THE HANDBOOK PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1983 REFLECTED CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION ON VARIOUS FEATURES, ORGANISATIONS AND FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE HANDBOOK HAD ATTRACTED A HIGH READERSHIP AND WAS A VALUABLE REFERENCE TO HELP BOTH INDIGENOUS AND NEW RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND AND INTEGRATE INTO THE CHANGING COMMUNITY.

IN VIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S POPULATION GROWTH AND CHANGES IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION, EMPHASIS WAS PUT ON EXISTING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW EDITION, HE POINTED OUT.

THE REVISED HANDBOOK, WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS AND CHARTS, HAS THREE NEW CHAPTERS ON THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, AND THE SAI KUNG NORTH SUB-DISTRICT.

THE CHAPTER ON THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD PROVIDES READERS WITH COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE AND WORK OF THE BOARD.

THE CHAPTER ON FUTURE TRANSPORTATION LINKS OF TAI PO HIGHLIGHTS 'THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAI KUNG NORTH SUB-DISTRICT IS SUMMARISED IN ANOTHER CHAPTER.

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A TOTAL OF 20 000 COPIES OF THE HANDBOOK HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS, RURAL COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

1: COPIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FREE AT THE SECRETARIAT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES FROM MONDAY (MAY 18).

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