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SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1989

25 YEARS OF HK HISTORY IN PICTURES

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A FIVE-DAY EXHIBITION OF PICTURES CHOSEN FROM PAST ISSUES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT WILL BE STAGED AT THE WEST BRIDGE OF THE LANDMARK IN CENTRAL FROM TUESDAY (MARCH 28).

THE EXHIBITION, ENTITLED THE HONG KONG YEAR BOOK 25 YEARS IN

OF THE LATEST PICTURES, WILL COINCIDE WITH THE PUBLICATION

EDITION HONG KONG 1989 - WHICH DESCRIBES EVENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROGRESS THAT OCCURRED IN THE TERRITORY LAST YEAR,

THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU, WILL OPEN THE EXHIBITION WHICH COMPRISES A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING LIFE, DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS IN HONG KONG FROM THE 1964 EDITION TO THE JUST PUBLISHED HONG KONG 1989.

A

HONG MORE

OF

TAKEN BY GIS PHOTOGRAPHERS, THE SELECTIONS FROM COLOUR

OF SECTIONS OF THE EARLY YEAR BOOKS WILL BRING BACK MEMORIES

VACUUM KONG WHICH, IN THE 1960'S, MADE AND EXPORTED

FLASKS TO THAN 100 COUNTRIES, RESETTLED VILLAGERS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR; FELT THE DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOON ROSE IN 1971; SAW THE START OF THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES IN 1979, AND LIVED WITH THE CHANGING FACE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS. MAJOR ROADS, BUILDINGS, AND SOPHISTICATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS.

FORCE VIETNAMESE HONG KONG MODERN OFFICE

OF

HONG KONG 1989 WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM TUESDAY (MARCH THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRAL AND LEADING BOOKSTORES, AT $42 A COPY.

28) AT

PLACE,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU, WILL OPEN A FIVE-DAY EXHIBITION, THE HONG KONG YEAR BOOK 25 YEARS IN PICTURES, ON TUESDAY MARCH 281 AT 11 AM AT THE WEST BRIDGE OF THE

LANDMARK

IN

CENTRAL.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT.

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