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CONFIDENTIAL
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There are about thirty government departments whose acti- vities are from time to time the subject of public information or publicity. Some of them are of such infrequent interest to the public that it is possible to write off altogether the need for them to handle their own public information and publicity which may continue to be handled centrally.
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Roughly these are (subject no doubt to argument):
Audit, Inland Revenue, Kowloon-Canton Railway, Post Office, Printing, Rating and Valuation, Registrar General's, Registration of Persons and Stores.
Some other departments whose activities are of regular public interestcan nevertheless best be handled centrally, such as, the Royal Observatory.
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Some departments, are by their nature in the public informa- tion business and should be handling their information affairs themselves already. They include, the Fublic Enquiry Service, Secretariat for Chinese Affairs and Radio Hong Kong.
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Certain central government operations demand the services of a public information and publicity service but it ought to be centrally controlled. These are the Secretariat generally,Legal Department and Treasury.
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That leaves a number of departments which qualify for greater attention in the shape of their own public information and publicity units.
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There are already proposals for the establishment of a full unit in the Police Force. Good cases can be made for similar units in the following departments:
Agriculture and Fisheries
Commerce and Industry
Education
Fire Services
Immigration
Labour
Marine
New Territories Administration
Public Works
Registry of Trade Unions
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