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Chapter 16

Press, Public Relations,

Broadcasting and Films

Press

1954 saw the formation of the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong the objects of which are to provide a central organization for members and to promote cooper- ation among newspapers. The Society is empowered to act in all matters affecting the interest of Hong Kong newspapers in general or of the Society or of its mem- bers in particular. By the end of the year most of the larger newspapers in the Colony had become members.

Some 90 newspapers and magazines are published in the Colony. Details of the main ones are given in part IV of the Bibliography.

The main international news agencies are repre- sented by the Associated Press of America, the French News Agency (Agence France-Presse), Reuter (in association with the Australian Associated Press) and the United Press. Each of these four agencies maintains permanent correspondents in Hong Kong. During the year Reuter and the Associated Press both installed teleprinter circuits to newspaper clients. Offices are also maintained in Hong Kong by the independent Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance, the New China News Agency (official agency of the Central People's Govern- ment), the Central News Agency of Nationalist China and the Japanese agencies Jiji Press and Kyodo News Service. The corps of foreign correspondents regularly

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