THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE OF HONG KONG
A. I. DIAMOND*
Establishment and Functions
The Public Records Office was established in July, 1972. Its functions are those common to most modern government archive institutions viz. the conservation of permanently valuable records for official reference and private research and the storage, management and ultimate disposal of intermediate records.†
For administrative purposes the P.R.O. operates at present as a unit of the Government Secretariat, the Archivist being responsible in the first instance to the Director of Administration and Management Services.
Accommodation
The head office of the P.R.O. is located at 2 Murray Road, Central District, with a records storage capacity of 14,500 linear feet. In addition, the P.R.O. maintains a sub-office at Leader Industrial Building, 37 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, with accommodation for 12,280 linear feet of records.
The Aberdeen office is equipped with a specially air-conditioned film repository with capacity for the storage of 64,000 rolls of microfilm and 1.1 million aperture cards.
Facilities
The head office has reading-room accommodation for up to twelve persons and the sub-office, accommodation for six.
A reference library has been developed for staff and public use, with emphasis on the achievement of a strong collection of Hong Kong
* Mr. Diamond is Archivist, Public Records Office of Hong Kong.
† Records which, though no longer in current use, and having no permanent value, are nevertheless required, for legal or administrative reasons, to be kept for specified periods of time or until the completion of certain actions or events.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE OF HONG KONG
A. I. DIAMOND*
Establishment and Functions
The Public Records Office was established in July, 1972. Its functions are those common to most modern government archive institutions viz. the conservation of permanently valuable records for official reference and private research and the storage, management and ultimate disposal of intermediate records.†
For administrative purposes the P.R.O. operates at present as a unit of the Government Secretariat, the Archivist being responsible in the first instance to the Director of Administration and Management Services.
Accommodation
The head office of the P.R.O. is located at 2 Murray Raod, Central District, with a records storage capacity of 14,500 linear feet. In addition, the P.R.O. maintains a sub-office at Leader Industrial Building, 37 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, with accommodation for 12,280 linear feet of records.
The Aberdeen office is equipped with a specially air-conditioned film repository with capacity for the storage of 64,000 rolls of micro- film and 1.1 million aperture cards.
Facilities
The head office has reading-room accommodation for up to twelve persons and the sub-office, accommodation for six.
A reference library has been developed for staff and public use, with emphasis on the achievement of strong collection of Hong Kong
* Mr. Diamond is Archivist, Public Records Office of Hong Kong.
† Records which, though no longer in current use, and having no permanent value, are nevertheless required, for legal or administrative reasons, to be kept for specified periods of time or until the completion of certain actions or events.
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