7.42 The 1/100,000 L681 military series will be replaced by a Hong Kong produced dual-language metric version based largely on the map currently completed for the second Edition of the Hong Kong Official Guide Map.
7.43 The folded, double-sided, dual-language Hong Kong Official Guide Map, published in May, has proved popular and is now sold out (10,000 copies). A revised and improved second Edition, under urgent preparation, is now at proof correction stage and should be printed in the near future.
7.44 Sheet 2 (New Territories West) of the Countryside Series has been in production for most of the year, but has become delayed due to non-availability of field staff for footpath checking. This is now being undertaken by Cartographic staff using air photographs. Its completion date is difficult to forecast but, it is hoped, will be within 1973.
7.45 New end-plate maps were produced for both Chinese and English versions of the Annual Report in its new larger format. The same plates will be used for the production of a separate map at 1/200,000.
7.46 Sales, direct to the public and indirectly through retailers, increased by 60% over the previous year and are three times larger than in 1970-71. These totals take no account of the many hundreds of maps held and sold at the Government Publications Centre which are accounted as issues by this office. This large increase in sales and distribution has created heavy pressure on the staff of this section. The advent of RC10 aerial photography has also increased the demand on the services of this section, which has to explain the coverage to potential users. Furthermore, the many consultants and contractors working on Government projects make continual demands for urgent photographic work in connection with their own projects.
7.47 The Planning Sections, which are expanding, of Cartographic Assistants working under the direction of Planning Officers, are technically overseen by the senior cartographic staff of Survey Branch. Statistically, production was slightly down on previous years due largely to the fact that the products are increasingly complex and involve more man-hours in production. Details of the work produced are included in the report concerning Planning Branch.
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7.42 The 1/100,000 L681 military series will be replaced by a Hong Kong produced dual-language metric version based largely on the map currently completed for the second Edition of the Hong Kong
Official Guide Map.
7.43 The folded, doubled-sided, dual-language Hong Kong Official Guide Map, published in May, has proved popular and is now sold out (10,000 copies). A revised and improved second Edition, under urgent preparation, is now at proof correction stage and should be printed in the near future.
7.44 Sheet 2 (New Territories West) the Countryside Series has been in production for most of the year, but has become delayed due to non-availability of field staff for footpath checking. This is now being undertaken by Cartographic staff using air photographs. Its completion date is difficult to forecast but, it is hoped, will be within 1973.
7.45 New end-plate maps were produced for both Chinese and English versions of the Annual Report in its new larger format. The same plates will be used for the production of a separate map at 1/200,000.
7.46 Sales, direct to the public and indirectly through retailers, increased by 60% over the previous year and are three times larger than in 1970-71. These totals take no account of the many hundreds of maps held and sold at the Government Publications Centre which are accounted as issues by this office. This large increase in sales and distribution has created heavy pressure on the staff of this section. The advent of RC10 aerial photography has also increased the demand on the services of this section, which has to explain the coverage to potential users. Furthermore, the many consultants and contractors working on Government projects make continual demands for urgent photographic work in connection with their own projects.
7.47 The Planning Sections, which are expanding, of Cartographic Assistants working under the direction of Planning Officers, are technically overseen by the senior cartographic staff of Survey Branch. Statistically, production was slightly down on previous years due largely to the fact that the products are increasingly complex and involve more man-hours in production. Details of the work produced are included in the report concerning Planning Branch.
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