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PUBLICATIONS, BROADCASTING AND FILMS

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All books printed in Hong Kong are required by law to be registered with the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. One thousand and ten books were registered during the year. The vast majority of these books were in the Chinese language, the most notable exceptions being the English publications of the University of Hong Kong Press and a number of business guides, directories and textbooks. Of the Chinese books registered, one-third was general literature such as fiction and poetry; another third was textbooks for use in Hong Kong and south-east Asia; and the remainder dealt with scientific, religious, social and political subjects.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES

Now, possibly more than ever before, it is essential that people both in Hong Kong and overseas be kept fully and accurately informed of Government's activities, and in order to disseminate this information the Information Services Department engages in a many-sided programme. The department's activities range from the preparation of radio news bulletins, news items for the domestic press and illustrated feature articles for overseas publication, to mass publicity campaigns about such subjects as public health and fire prevention. To meet these commitments the department is divided into two main working divisions-press and publicity. The press division is responsible for minute-to-minute dissemina- tion of news to newspapers and broadcasting organizations both in Hong Kong and overseas 24 hours a day. The publicity division handles the production of films, newsreels, magazine and news- paper features, photographs, books, leaflets, posters and cinema slides, and is responsible for the administration and placing of all Government advertising.

محطة

In addition to this day-to-day work, constant demands are made upon the advice and services of the department's senior personnel by visiting journalists, radio commentators and television person- alities who come to Hong Kong. During 1962, 144 such visitors called on the department. Among these were representatives of the BBC and ITV in Britain and CBS in the United States, who filmed special half-hour reports on Hong Kong. Besides being given briefings and escorted trips to different parts of the Colony, visiting pressmen were provided with factual written material, pictures, maps and illustrations. Cuttings subsequently received