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TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1989

ANNUAL REPORT A PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON HK

*

THE YEARS

HAVE

LOOKED TO THE ON HONG

GOVERNMENT KONG, THE

MANY PEOPLE OVER ANNUAL REPORT AS THE PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

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THE HONG KONG

THE LANDMARK,

IN OPENING A FIVE-DAY PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, YEARBOOK 25 YEARS IN PICTURES, AT THE WEST BRIDGE OF MRS YAU SAID THAT WHAT BEGAN AS A WORK OF REFERENCE HAD ESTABLISHED PLACE FOR ITSELF AT THE TOP OF THE BEST-SELLER LISTS.

SHE SAID THE REASON FOR THIS WAS TWO-FOLD:

THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST, BOTH INTERNALLY AND IN THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMIC COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING SUCCESS STORY; AND

A

OVERSEAS,

IN

ITS

FACTS

AND IN THE

то MADE

PRESENT THE EVERY ENDEAVOUR HAS BEEN STATISTICS IN AS PALATABLE A FORM AS POSSIBLE, BOTH TEXT AND IN THE ACCOMPANYING COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

ITS

OF ANNUAL REPORTS "HONG KONG 1989, THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE THAT MY DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES, MAKES APPEARANCE TODAY IN BOOK STORES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG,

IN DOING SO, SHE SAID, IT PROVIDED OURSELVES OF HOW FAR WE HAVE COME.

H MRS YAU SAID.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND

A PICTORIAL THE EXHIBITION WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT

OF THE QUARTER CENTURY ODYSSEY

OVER STRETCHING BACK

THE PAST ILLUSTRATIONS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED, PUBLICATION SINCE COLOUR

SHR

SAID.

MRS YAU

SAID THE PHOTOGRAPHS

DISPLAYED

THE AT

THE

EXHIBITION

TREMENDOUS STANDARDS,

AND HIGHLY TALENTED GIS SERVED AS A SHOWCASE FOR THE HARD WORKING

AND THEY

A ALSO

OF PHOTOGRAPHERS,

WERK

REMINDER STRIDES HONG KONG HAD MADE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, IN LIVING IN SOCIAL CONDITIONS, AND IN ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SHE

ART

OF MANY PEOPLE, SAYING THAT HONG KONG 1989 WAS THE WORK ACKNOWLEDGED THE KEY ROLE PLAYED BY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND DIRECTOR, MR ARTHUR HACKER, WHO HAS DESIGNED 21 OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS.

INFORMATION OFFICER, MR

FROM

THE EDITOR OF HONG KONG 1989, SENIOR ALADIN ISMAIL, WAS ASSISTED BY CONTRIBUTIONS DEPARTMENTS AND FROM MANY PUBLIC BODIES AND COMMUNITY WHOSE CO-OPERATION ANY ACCOUNT OF THE PAST YEAR WOULD SHE SAID.

ALL GOVERNMENT GROUPS WITHOUT BE INCOMPLETE,

THE

THE

SURVEYING

TO TRIBUTE

THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MRS YAU ALSO PAID CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, AND CARTOGRAPHERS OF AND MAPPING OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT.

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