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These centres handled a total of 400,795 enquiries in 1968, includ- ing 27,720 resulting from typhoons. During the year, 2,049 questions were answered by two separate listeners' letter box programmes produced by the Public Enquiry Service in conjunction with the Chinese service of Radio Hong Kong and Commercial Radio. In its work and organization, the service bears some similarity to advice bureaux in other parts of the world. The centres are manned by trained staff, speaking English and Cantonese, as well as other Chinese dialects. Results show that the service is a valuable instru- ment for improving the Government's relations with the public.

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