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and Project Organisers. The only full time information staff is in London where an Information Officer and Assistant are employed. Frankfurt has a locally recruited journalist as a part time Informa- tion Officer and is planning to recruit a second part time officer; and Amsterdam also employs one part time professional who assists with the production of the European press service. The head office in Hong Kong which feeds these outlets employs a professtional journalist as Senior Manager in charge of the Council's overall publicity services. He is assisted on the overseas press side by one full time journalist and the Council is currently trying to recruit an additional full time assistant and a features writer.
18. The Hong Kong Tourist Association has its European head office in London, mainly because the United Kingdom is the largest tourist market in the area. The principal staff are the Representative, a deputy and an Information Officer. The office is housed in the same building as the T.D. C. London representative's office in Cockspur Street,
19. The Hong Kong Tourist Association also has an office in Germany administered by a full time representative working with two assistants, one on the press side and one on the administrative side. The office is housed in the same building as the T.D.C. European head office in Frankfurt.
20. The only direct Hong Kong promotional representation in France is through the Hong Kong Tourist Association office in Paris. This is operated by a representative from a somewhat remote office on the upper floor of a building in Avenue George V. The representa- tive also has responsibilities for other public relations clients, involving him in Seychelles tourist promotion and fashion publicity.
21. These three offices are supplied with information material from the Hong Kong Tourist Association head office in Hong Kong. Their Public Relations Division is headed by a Public Relations Officer assisted on the overseas press side by one full time and one part time journalist.
Co-ordination
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In addition to these Government, T.D. C. and H.K.T.A. services which have developed along separate lines and for separate purposes within parts of the E. E. C. there are other services of importance in Hong Kong
such as those provided by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, the Chinese ManufacturersAssociation, and, in particular, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, which contribute to the general pattern of trade promotion, and to the provision of information material which may find its way into these and other European outlets. The need for co-ordination between Government, the T.D. C. and the H.K.T.A. and these other allied organisations to prevent unnecessary duplication of effort has long been recognised in Hong Kong, as is indicated by the statutory composition of the TDC Board and the establishment of an Overseas Public Relations Co-ordinating Committee. In addition senior professional staff representatives of I.S.D., the
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