tion, and to that end the Director accorded a high priority to this work in the Buildings Ordinance Office.
2.67 The period under review covers the major part of the first phase of the metric change and it can be recorded that the Unit has assisted and directed the acquisition of metrication equipment and data in all offices of the Department. In addition the Unit has itself produced the first three of a series of publicity and visual aids and the first 20 Metric Instructions in a common binding, which will be augmented by future Instructions, all of which will be the Department's major source of metric information and metric standards.
2.68 Concurrently the preparatory work for the training phase was also carried forward and the Basic Induction Course will be printed and ready for presentation to all professional and technical staff from May 1973 onwards. Other training aids in course of production include a Desk Top Metric Manual for Secretarial and Clerical Staff, Metrication Notes for Architectural Office and technical notes on other facets of metric working.
2.69 Effective liaison has been achieved with other metrication authorities throughout the world with particular emphasis on the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore.
## INFORMATION UNIT
Principal Information Officer:
D. K. Lewis, B.A. (Hons.) (Oxon.)
2.70 This Unit was set up within the Department on 4th January, 1973, when the Principal Information Officer arrived on secondment from Information Services Department. The Unit consists of P.I.O., a Shorthand/Audio-Typist, who was assigned to it on 12th March and a Clerk, who was assigned on 22nd January.
2.71 The Unit became operational in stages over the period of the last quarter of the year. By the end of February, P.I.O. had completed a preliminary process of familiarization, had drafted his Terms of Reference and List of Duties, had drawn up an initial programme of work for himself and was engaged in carrying it out.
2.72 During the last six weeks of the year the Unit was dealing with a daily influx of queries and requests coming from the Press and
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tion, and to that end the Director accorded a high priority to this work in the Buildings Ordinance Office.
2.67 The period under review covers the major part of the first phase of the metric change and it can be recorded that the Unit has assisted and directed the acquisition of metrication equipment and data in all offices of the Department. In addition the Unit has itself produced the first three of a series of publicity and visual aids and the first 20 Metric Instructions in a common binding, which will be aug- mented by future Instructions, all of which will be the Department's major source of metric information and metric standards.
2.68 Concurrently the preparatory work for the training phase was also carried forward and the Basic Induction Course will be printed and ready for presentation to all professional and technical staff from May 1973 onwards. Other training aids in course of production in- clude a Desk Top Metric Manual for Secretarial and Clerical Staff, Metrication Notes for Architectural Office and technical notes an other facets of metric working.
2.69 Effective liaison has been achieved with other metrication authorities throughout the world with particular emphasis on the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore.
INFORMATION UNIT
Principal Information Officer:
D. K. Lewis, B.A. (Hons.) (Oxon.)
2.70 This Unit was set up within the Department on 4th January, 1973, when the Principal Information Officer arrived on secondment from Information Services Department. The Unit consists of P.I.O., a Shorthand/Audio-Typist, who was assigned to it on 12th March and a Clerk, who was assigned on 22nd January.
2.71 The Unit became operational in stages over the period of the last quarter of the year. By the end of February, P.I.O. had completed a preliminary process of familiarization, had drafted his Terms of Reference and List of Duties, had drawn up an initial programme of work for himself and was engaged in carrying it out.
2.72 During the last six weeks of the year the Unit was dealing with a daily influx of queries and requests coming from the Press and
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