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Other countries:-
(a)
(10)
British Missions in all capitals, and consulates in many major cities.
(b) Chambers of Commerce
(c)
Trade Development Council's representative in Nairobi,
(a) Tourist Association's representative
in Beirut.
Steps taken to retain, repair and foster overseas confidence
(i)
In Hong Kong
(a) The Government Information Services have
been ensuring that overseas correspondents resident in Hong Kong are regularly briefed and at briefing sessions have influenced the correspondents to file balanced copy with a sympathy for, and confidence in, Hong Kong. This work is a continuing process, the objective being to build up trust in as many correspondents as possible. Some correspondents remain to be convinced. In addition, G.I.S. has maintained easy and accurate facilities for obtaining information, either by calls on the newsroom or by arranged visits to the border or to actions during curfews or cordons; these steps were and are necessary if correspondents are to
convince their editors that they are
obtaining accurate, first-hand news
material. Because it is known that some
overseas correspondents might draw their material from local newspapers, some attempts have been made to influence local papers to produce a confident tenor in their stories.
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