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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1989

RO CALENDAR FOCUSSES ON NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION

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THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY 1990 CALENDAR, 1990s AN INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR NATURAL

: NOW ON SALE.

HAVING THE THEME "THE DISASTER REDUCTION' IS

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NATURAL DISASTERS CAN INFLICT ENORMOUS DAMAGE ON SOCIETY, AND EVEN DISRUPT NATIONAL ECONOMIES. IN VIEW OF THIS, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS DESIGNATED THE 1990's AS THE "INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION" TO FOSTER CONCERTED EFFORTS AMONG GOVERNMENTS то MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS.

THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HAS PREPARED THE 1990 CALENDAR TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION, TO GIVE PUBLICITY TO THE INTERNATIONAL DECADE.

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IN

ADDITION TO THE AND ASTRONOMICAL ON METEOROLOGICAL

THE CALENDAR IS BILINGUAL, AND CONTAINS, USUAL INFORMATION ON SUNRISE AND SUNSET, TIDES EVENTS, A REPRESENTATIVE SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND GEOPHYSICAL HAZARDS.

FAULT RESPONSIBLE

INCLUDED ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAN ANDREAS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE LAST OCTOBER, THE HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER ABOVE THE ANTARCTIC, FLOODING AND LANDSLIPS IN HONG KONG.

GIFT. IT

THIS ATTRACTIVE WALL CALENDAR SHOULD MAKE A SPLENDID IS AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, 134 A NATHAN ROAD, AT $37 A COPY.

PERSONS WHO BUY THIS ATTRACTIVE CALENDAR WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF PURCHASING A COPY OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S CENTENARY PUBLICATION TITLED "FROM TIME BALL TO ATOMIC CLOCK" AT A REDUCED PRICE OF $19. THIS BOOK, WHICH NORMALLY COSTS $34 A COPY, TRACES THE HISTORY AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY THROUGH A CENTURY.

NEW CENTRAL POST OFFICE OPENS IN TURN MUN

A NEW TUEN MUN CENTRAL POST OFFICE OPENED AT NOON TODAY (MONDAY),

IT IS LOCATED ON THE PODIUM LEVEL OF OFFICE BUILDING AT 1 TUEN HI ROAD, TUEN MUN.

THE LIBRARY AND POST

SERVING THE THE NORMAL

TUEN MUN RANGE OF

IT HOUSES THE MATL DELIVERY OFFICE DISTRICT, AND A COUNTER OFFICE WHICH PROVIDES COUNTER SERVICES AND 800 PRIVATE POST OFFICE BOXES.

/BUSINESS HOURS