HONG KONG
ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT
BY THE
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES
N. J. V. WATT, J.P.
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 1966-67
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY S. YOUNG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER
at the Government Press, Java Road, HONG KONG
EXCHANGE RATES
When dollars are quoted in this Report, they are, unless otherwise stated, Hong Kong dollars. The official rate for conversion to pound sterling is HK$16=£1 (HK$1=1s. 3d.). The official rate for conversion to U.S. dollars is HK$5.714=US$1 (based on £1=US$2.80).
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GENERAL
STAFF.
NEWS DIVISION
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Press Room
Radio News Room
Reference Library .
PUBLICITY DIVISION
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
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9 - 13
14 - 19
20-25
26 - 29
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31 - 33
Editorial Section
Design and Display Section
Photographic Section
Publications
Distribution
Advertising
Film Unit
FILM CENSORSHIP
LONDON OFFICE INFORMATION SECTION
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46 - 48
49 - 56
57 - 61
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63 - 66
67 - 70
71 - 83
GENERAL
HONG KONG's population of 3.8 million is one of the most literate in Asia, and affords a striking example of this fact in its consumption of newspapers. The overall circulation of the Chinese and English language press is about 1.5 million copies a day. This widespread dissemination of the news also means that Hong Kong's people are some of the world's best informed on international affairs. They have to be, because Hong Kong's almost exclusive dependence on overseas trade for its livelihood, and the impact on this trade of shifting international policies and events, make it vital that they should prepare themselves as far as possible for whatever the headlines may portend.
2. Broadcasting is another medium of information that has long served the Hong Kong public. Audiences for both radio and television have expanded tremendously in recent years, due partly to the general rise in living standards and partly to the growth of the local industry producing sets of high quality at remarkably low prices.
3. This expansion was reflected in an atmosphere of increased com- petition during the year under review, the two radio and two television services all bidding for, and embarking on plans for the development of, new studio sites to provide enlarged facilities and improved services. The first public indication of this spirited rivalry came when the newly formed Television Broadcasts Limited, which in January 1966 was awarded the first franchise for transmitting wireless television in Hong Kong, was outbid at a land auction on 20th June. The site offered, a plot of Crown land in Lung Cheung Road, just below the Kowloon foothills, went to the established wired sound and television service, Rediffusion (Hong Kong) Limited. At a further auction on 25th July, the Hong Kong Com- mercial Broadcasting Company Limited won another site in Lung Cheung Road without competition and on the opening bid. The emergence of Lung Cheung Road as a broadcasting enclave became further apparent when Television Broadcasts Limited obtained their site at a third such auction on 29th August and when the government broadcasting organi- zation, Radio Hong Kong, announced plans for a new studio complex of its own to be sited there.
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4. In furtherance of the close liaison maintained between the In- formation Services Department and the various information media, regular meetings were instituted during the year between the department and the staff of Radio Hong Kong's popular Topics programme on current affairs. As a result of these meetings there has been a greater em- phasis on government matters in these programmes, particularly in the Chinese service, thereby strengthening the contacts between the govern- ment and the people. One outcome has been the earlier introduction of proposed new legislation to the man in the street, who is thus acquainted with the objects of such bills and ordinances well before they are due to come into force.
5. Aside from its close relations with the local press and broadcasting services, the department also serves the Hong Kong-based correspondents of overseas magazines, newspapers, radio and television networks. The number of these correspondents has risen rapidly with the increasing interest shown by the rest of the world in South East Asia and the Far East generally. Many of them, responsible for covering a large area in varying stages of development and evidencing wide differences in living standards, decide that Hong Kong offers them perhaps the best facilities available for their permanent establishment. As a consequence of their decision, Hong Kong receives considerable publicity overseas, not always favourable but with such regularity as to make of this comparatively small territory a phenomenon which the rest of the world cannot ignore.
6. Hong Kong's importance in the realm of journalism was underlined during the year by two press seminars attended by delegates from a large number of Asian countries. The first was the Asian Economic Editors' Seminar, held from 12th to 16th April, 1966 and the second was the Chinese Language Press Seminar, organized by the Hong Kong Committee of the International Press Institute and held from 19th to 23rd September, 1966.
7. During the year covered by this review, Hong Kong witnessed its first civil disturbances in 10 years, and experienced its most disastrous rainstorm on record. Both necessitated the full mobilization of the depart- ment's resources and entailed long working hours for its staff. Another event during the year which closely concerned the department was the establishment in September of the Hong Kong Trade Development Coun- cil, with whom the department has co-operated in its continued output of publicity material to promote the sale of Hong Kong goods overseas.
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8. The proportionately large number of newspapers published in Hong Kong-there were 48 dailies at the end of March 1967-can be attributed in part to the economics of newspaper production in Hong Kong and the simple registration procedure, which requires a fee of $100 a year and a deposit of $10,000 as surety, or alternatively the provision of two acceptable guarantors in this sum. This deposit is a form of pro- tection for the public to ensure payment of fines, damages or costs of a libel action in which a newspaper or publication may become involved. The registering authority is the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. Some publishers of small newspapers do not invest money in expensive printing equipment because there are many printing houses capable of printing two or three such papers at a time.
STAFF
9. Mr. N. J. V. Watt, Director of Information Services, resumed duty on return from leave on 11th April, 1966.
10. Mr. David CHEN, Information Officer, was promoted Senior Information Officer on 1st April, 1966.
11. Mr. F. J. ROGERS, Principal Information Officer, proceeded on vacation leave on 12th July, 1966 prior to completion of contract.
12. Mr. W. A. FISH, Principal Information Officer, proceeded on vacation leave on 9th November, 1966 prior to completion of contract.
13. Mr. J. H. EVANS, acting Senior Information Officer, returned from duty in the Hong Kong Government Office, London on 12th March, 1967. Mr. James SA, Senior Information Officer, left Hong Kong on 25th March, 1967 to fill the vacant London post.
NEWS DIVISION
14. The News Division supplies news and information to newspapers, magazines and specialist journals and to both local and overseas newsreel, radio and television organizations. A round-the-clock news service in English and Chinese is maintained to meet the requirements of journalists who have to meet various deadlines. The division has immediate contact with all the leading newspapers, agencies and broadcasting services by teleprinter.
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15. The News Division's objective is to encourage communication between government departments and the public through the mass in- formation media. Frequent use is made of informal press conferences and interviews with heads of government departments and other senior govern- ment officers.
16. The division includes, in addition to the press room, a reference library and a radio news room preparing world and local news bulletins for Hong Kong's broadcasting and television services.
17. During typhoons or other emergencies, the News Division is manned continuously to provide a full service of public information through the press and, more importantly at such times, over the broad- casting services which remain open throughout the night.
18. The disturbances in Kowloon in April and the rainstorms which struck the Colony in June imposed a very severe strain on the resources of the whole department. Throughout the disturbances in Kowloon from 6th to 11th April, the staff of the News Division, like other sections of the department, were placed on an emergency footing. As a regular flow of accurate information to the public was vital to the early restoration of law and order and the maintenance of public confidence, press room staff provided a continuous flow of news to the Colony's newspapers, radio stations, news agencies and foreign correspondents, many of whom worked in the press room. Apart from supplying up-to-date news about the disturbances, press room staff also answered innumerable questions from newspapers and members of the public and prepared special announ- cements for broadcast over all radio and television networks at the request of government departments, transport companies and public organizations.
19. Staff of the News Division were again placed on round-the-clock emergency duty on 8th June when disastrous rainstorms struck Hong Kong Island. News of landslides, road subsidences, house collapses, rescue operations, etc. were quickly transmitted over the teleprinter network to newspapers, radio stations, news agencies and to foreign correspondents. Special radio announcements concerning traffic diversions, cancellations of school examinations and other matters of public interest were prepared and sent to radio and television networks for broadcast to the public. The emergency working arrangements continued until 22nd June to deal with the work of restoration of services and reconstruction of roads and public works damaged by the rainstorms.
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Press Room
20. The press room is manned by information officers with working experience in journalism. They produce a daily information bulletin containing an average of a dozen news items and articles every day. These range from routine announcements and statistics to detailed features about major government policy decisions. About 170 press photographs were distributed locally during the year.
21. News items in English and Chinese are distributed through press boxes to more than 100 newspapers, agencies and periodicals. This system is supplemented by the teleprinter service, which is particularly useful to afternoon newspapers and foreign news agencies with publication dead- lines. The teleprinter system, which services 45 newspapers, news agencies and radio stations, is also used to alert news editors to fires, landslides, house collapses, emergency aircraft landings and other incidents requiring immediate press coverage. About 8,000 items were sent on the teleprinter during the year.
22. The press room is constantly in touch with newspapers by telephone, answering press questions over the whole range of govern- ment activity. About 8,500 press enquiries were answered during the period under review.
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23. The press room staff arranged 184 interviews, 21 press con- ferences and 17 press visits to enable journalists to meet senior govern- ment officers responsible for matters of public interest.
24. Daily press summaries, providing a digest of comments, news items and letters concerning government which appear in the Chinese press, are prepared by press room staff for senior civil servants and Members of the Executive, Legislative and Urban Councils.
25. Many photographs and news and feature items were distributed to Hong Kong newspapers on behalf of the United Kingdom Govern- ment to publicize the British way of life, new commercial and industrial products and achievements in all fields of endeavour.
Radio News Room
26. English and Chinese news bulletins on world and local events are prepared by radio news room staff for broadcast by Radio Hong Kong, Commercial Radio, Rediffusion and Rediffusion Television. Although the radio news room is part of the News Division, it works to the require-
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ments of broadcasting organizations who are its customers. Items of overseas news are based on despatches supplied by two international news agencies while reports about government activities are compiled from releases issued by the press room, which also makes arrangements for its officers to attend press conferences and to cover other local events for inclusion in the news.
27. Twelve news summaries and bulletins in English and 10 in Chinese, ranging from one to 10 minutes, are prepared daily by the radio news room staff. Three 10-minute bulletins are broadcast in the morning, early afternoon and in the evening, the last of which deals with Asian and local topics.
28. Daily weather information supplied by the Royal Observatory is transmitted to newspapers and radio and television networks. During the year, a facsimile machine was installed to receive weather maps, diagrams and weather information in Chinese from the Royal Observ- atory.
29. Since August, 1966, the radio news room has been providing Commercial Radio with two additional English news summaries for broadcast at night. To meet another request from Commercial Radio, two more Chinese news summaries-one in the morning and one at night-were introduced in February, 1967.
Reference Library
30. The reference library provides a reference and research centre, not only for the use of the department, but for local and visiting jour- nalists, other government departments and occasionally members of the public. It maintains a comprehensive clipping service and a stock of over 1,500 books and hundreds of magazines, pamphlets and leaflets.
PUBLICITY DIVISION
31. The Publicity Division is responsible for the planning and produc- tion of all visual forms of publicity both locally and overseas. It handles publicity campaigns for all government departments concerned not only with conveying information but also in promoting a better understanding between the public and the government. Instead of dispensing on-the-spot reports on current events, staff of the division are concerned with more long-term campaigns telling both the local and overseas public what Hong Kong is all about.
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The havoc wrought by the exceptionally heavy rains in June, and particularly the unprecedented rainstorm of 12th June, is reflected in this scene of wrecked vehicles, burst drains and piled up debris. While the department's photographic team was busy recording such scenes with their cameras, the news division rushed up-to-the minute
香港的毒品開斯
One of the best attended stands at the Chinese Manufacturers' Association annual exhibition, staged at the Hung Hom reclamation from 6th December 1966 to 10th January 1967, was this display mounted by the Information Services. It was designed to promote the campaign to stamp out drug addiction in Hong Kong, and its most interesting exhibit was a well-safeguarded cache of drugs which had been seized by the Preventive Service of the Commerce and Industry Department. Another showcase for the department's design and display work (below) is this show window beside the entrance to Beaconsfield House. This particular display publicized the registration of Urban Council electors.
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市政局選區登起
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Secretary of State for Common- wealth Affairs, Mr. Herbert BOWDEN visited Hong Kong from 5th to 7th March, 1967, and embarked on a busy programme which included discussions with government officials and civic leaders and tours of industrial and resettlement estates. Closely concerned with this, as with all such official visits to the Colony, the Information Services Depart- ment arranged interviews and press coverage of many of the items on Mr. Bowden's itinerary. He is seen here in a moment of relaxation with young residents of Chai Wan resettlement estate. In the department's distribution section (below), publicity material such as posters, books, films and pamphlets are made ready for despatch to destinations both within Hong Kong and overseas.
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Two major productions of the film unit during the year were 'Report to the Gods', which included a relief map of the Plover Cove reservoir project (above), and 'Suicide on Hire Purchase' (below) which depicted the tragedy of a family whose breadwinner becomes a drug addict. 'Report to the Gods' was a colour documentary on Hong Kong's progress, while 'Suicide on Hire Purchase' was another contribution from the department towards the fight against drug addiction, a grave problem in Hong Kong.
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The task of the division calls for a certain amount of salesman- ship in the competitive sphere of international public relations. It is gratifying to record the extensive use made, in publications all over the world, of material emanating from the division.
33. This type of promotion calls for many different specialist forms of publicity, including advertising layout and design, the production of printed material, the writing of feature articles, photography and film- making. All of these are provided for within the Publicity Division, which frequently works hand in hand with the News Division in using news media as part of the overall coverage. Although more than 90 per cent of the population are Chinese, many government publicity campaigns are bi-lingual and the message must be adaptable to both the language and design elements.
Editorial Section
34. An essential part of the department's work is to project a favourable image of Hong Kong overseas. This is the main function of the editorial section, which produces articles professionally styled for newspapers and magazines and syndicated to all parts of the world.
35. The editorial section also supplies text for publications for local and overseas distribution and writes commentaries for many of the department's films.
36. The staff are all professional journalists and the highly successful syndicated feature service is run on exactly the same lines as are com- mercially operated syndicates.
37. Features, ranging in length from 500 to 2,500 words, cover nearly every facet of life in Hong Kong. Each feature is backed by up to a dozen 10"x8" black and white photographs. Agents abroad translate as necessary and offer them for publication at the best obtainable price.
38. It has been found that the department's policy of selling its material, rather than offering it free, achieves the best results. Leading newspapers and magazines have made consistent use of these features. Several have, in fact, commissioned exclusive articles.
39. Competition for space in overseas publications is exceptionally keen and the highest professional standards have to be maintained in writing and photography.
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40. Inevitably the accent in the feature material is on Hong Kong's trade. But a market is being quickly developed for short, 'punchy' general stories with emphasis on human interest pictures.
41. More than 70 features and deep caption stories were produced in the year. Although it is difficult to get confirmation of usage, their success is reflected in the fact that a limited clipping survey has produced more than 500 clippings, including at least two double page spreads, in European publications with wide circulation.
42. One of the editorial section's biggest commitments is providing material for special supplements on Hong Kong by leading newspapers overseas. Among those published during the year were supplements in The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and Achievement Magazine.
Design and Display Section
43. During the year, the design and display section created and processed publicity material for various government departments and for the newly-formed Trade Development Council. One of its produc- tions was a comic book based on the popular cartoon character Lo Fu Tse, supporting the campaign against drug addiction. Included in the publicity material produced for these campaigns were nearly 117,000 posters and three million leaflets.
44. The staff of the design and display section also designed and produced special advertisements for overseas newspaper supplements. Some 950 government press advertisements, covering more than 7,000 insertions, were placed in local English and Chinese-language newspapers.
45. The mobile cinema unit gave 117 film shows in resettlement areas to an estimated total audience of nearly 700,000 residents. This unit has proved to be a very valuable and popular means of public information.
Photographic Section
46. The photographic section provided photographs throughout the year to a high standard. These were used for all official publications, for publicity and for trade promotion. Many and varied assignments were undertaken on behalf of other government departments. Nearly 400 assignments were carried out during the year, resulting in the production of 32,000 black and white prints and nearly 4,000 colour transparencies. Many of these colour transparencies were used in 'Hong Kong 1966', the Colony's annual report.
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47. Photographers from the section gave major co-operation during the June rainstorms. They covered all aspects of the emergency with numerous assignments both for news and recording purposes. Many of these assignments were carried out by helicopter flights.
48. The photographic library provides a comprehensive stock of prints and colour transparencies covering every subject and activity. These are filed for easy reference so that pictures can be quickly selected and supplied to visiting journalists requiring official illustrations of life in Hong Kong. Contact prints of all pictures are filed by subject and over 1,000 show prints are available, fully captioned for immediate issue.
Publications
49. As part of its responsibility for the design and layout of all book- lets and leaflets produced for promotional purposes on behalf of govern- ment departments, the publishing section has become increasingly concerned with activities in connection with Hong Kong's overseas trade.
50. The establishment of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council during the year under review led to an even greater emphasis on trade publications.
51. Eye-catching folders, containing revised versions of 'Made in Hong Kong' and 'High Fashion' were turned out in various languages for use in connection with sales campaigns in the United States, Britain, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and France. The two booklets contained in this package layout consisted of completely new text and full-colour illustrations in a bold square format. The print order for each was 35,000 copies.
52. Other projects on behalf of the Trade Development Council included leaflets introducing Hong Kong in seven languages, and one dealing with the new Hong Kong Products Display Centre set up in the Ocean Terminal.
53. The success of the first edition of 'The Port of Hong Kong', a detailed handbook produced on behalf of the Marine Department, led to a second edition with updated text and extensively revised illustrations. Requests for this book have been received from shipping companies, marine agents and various other organizations all over the world.
54. 'The Magic Stone', a handsomely presented children's book based on the film of the same name produced by the departments's film unit,
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went on sale in local and overseas bookstores and met with a good response.
55. Among several other publications during the year were 'The Queen Elizabeth Hospital' and 'Social Welfare-Hong Kong', produced in conjunction with the Medical and Health Department and the Social Welfare Department respectively.
56. An innovation in the presentation of 'Hong Kong 1966', the Colony's annual report, was the use of self-contained sections of colour illustrations, complete with explanatory text, which were subsequently reprinted in the form of excerpts for separate distribution.
Distribution
57. The distribution section undertakes the distribution of all publicity material produced by the department, such as posters, books, films and pamphlets, in addition to the distribution of posters, literature and magazines received from Britain. The section also operates the film lending library, which contains mostly English-language 16-mm films supplied by the Central Office of Information. Productions by the film unit are added to the library as they become available.
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58. During the 12 months under review, the section received from the Central Office of Information and distributed to schools, other educational institutions, clubs, societies, etc. some 30,000 copies of posters and photo-posters with themes illustrating various aspects of the British way of life, about 200 radio tapes, some 40,000 copies of pamphlets, picture sets and fact sheets, together with magazines.
59. A total of 120,000 posters in connection with the cholera preven- tion, anti-polio, anti-firecracker, lottery and other government campaigns were distributed. Of the various publications produced by this depart- ment, about 750,000 copies were issued during the year. The section also sold a number of special government publications on behalf of the Government Printer.
60. The film lending library continued to be well patronized, and 3,380 films were issued on loan to organizations with a total estimated audience of 720,000.
61. New films, including newsreels, added to the library totalled 250. Of these, 60 films with television rights were supplied to Rediffusion (Hong Kong) Ltd. for possible television use.
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Advertising
62. The department was responsible for the placing, checking and control of all government advertising in the local press. During the year, 951 advertisements and notices were issued and published in 7,008 editions of local newspapers.
Film Unit
63. The film unit shot two major films during the year under review-- a documentary of 26 minutes duration to replace the now out-dated 'This is Hong Kong', entitled 'Report to the Gods'; and a half-hour drama as a contribution to the anti-drug addiction campaign, entitled 'Suicide on Hire Purchase'. The latter was shot in Cantonese. In addition the end processes of 'The Magic Stone', shot in the previous year, were completed and the film was shown to the public in the City Hall for the first time in December.
64. In addition a sample issue for a projected monthly magazine film for local cinemas was made and tried out successfully at The London Theatre. As a result a regular monthly issue is to be started in the new year.
65. Ten short items were shot, either in colour or black and white, for use in overseas newsreels or magazine films. These included the disastrous floods of 12th June, the arrival of some exhausted nuns expelled from China, and the move of a village at Plover Cove just prior to the closing of the dam.
66. In addition a 'potted travelogue', featuring some 3,000 visitors flown to Hong Kong by the American Gibson group, was made in 16-mm colour and shown by 153 American TV stations. A trailer for local cinema use was made to help persuade the public to co-operate with the enumerators during the By-Census. Three short colour tourist films were made for the Hong Kong Tourist Association.
FILM CENSORSHIP
67. At the end of March 1967, there were 99 cinemas-11 more than last year.
68. Films for public exhibition within Hong Kong are subject to censorship in accordance with the law and must be viewed by the film
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censorship section which has two theatres for this purpose, one of which is equipped for 16-mm and the other for 35-mm showings.
69. Films censored in the period under review totalled 3,060 compared with 2,721 for the previous period.
70. Cantonese films still continue to decrease in numbers; 111 this year, 143 last year. Mandarin films increased from 40 to 56. Those of other countries show little variation from the previous year with the exception of India's, which have increased from 24 to 37.
LONDON OFFICE INFORMATION SECTION
71. The Hong Kong Government Office in London is administra- tively part of the Commerce and Industry Department, but its informa- tion section works in close collaboration with the Information Services Department, on which it depends for the bulk of the photographic and editorial material which forms the basis of its operations.
72. The staff consists of a principal information officer, a senior information officer seconded from the Information Services Department, a librarian, an information assistant, two stenographers and an office junior.
73. The principal information officer visited the Colony in June 1966 for official discussions with the Commerce and Industry Department, the Information Services Department, the then Trade Development Office and other government departments.
74. The principal information officer served on a special sub-committee of the Hong Kong Association to plan the utilization of the Trade Centre in the basement of 55-58, Pall Mall, which is administered by the London Office of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The information section collaborated actively with the Trade Development Council on all matters concerned with public relations.
75. Window displays at 54, Pall Mall during the year were changed frequently and included features on the Hong Kong annual report for 1965, housing and resettlement, the Plover Cove water scheme, sport and recreation, motor traffic and parking, medical services, 'British institutions' in Hong Kong, civil aviation, reclamation and land utiliza- tion, and the Colony's 1967-68 budget.
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76. During the year under review, the public relations problems arising out of press reports of allegedly unsafe and unhygienic Hong Kong products-especially toys-took up a considerable part of the principal information officer's time. A campaign to counteract adverse publicity shortly before Christmas achieved considerable success. The principal information officer represented the Hong Kong Government on the technical committee charged with responsibility for revising the British Standards Code of Safety Requirements for Children's Toys and Play- things, and at two conferences called by the Consumer Council to discuss the question of unsafe toys.
77. More than 200 press releases, compiled from material received from the Information Services Department, were issued during the year, as part of a continuing effort to keep the British public informed about Hong Kong and its achievements. These resulted in a considerable number of news stories and articles being published in newspapers and magazines.
78. Twelve British press surveys (digests of what the British press had been saying about Hong Kong) were issued. This survey is sent to some 150 organizations and businessmen in the United Kingdom and is also redistributed by the Information Services Department in the Colony. It provides material for inclusion in a monthly programme produced by the B.B.C. for Radio Hong Kong.
79. In July 1966, the information section took over the parliamentary information service from Messrs. Campbell-Johnson Limited. By the end of the year, 106 items of parliamentary information concerning Hong Kong were distributed to Hong Kong government departments and a number of business organizations in the United Kingdom. The parliamentary information service is given a further wide distribution in the Colony by the Information Services Department.
80. The information section runs a small film library from which loans are made to schools, clubs and other private audiences. It also holds a stock of several thousand black-and-white photographs and colour transparencies and these were in constant demand for reproduc- tion by newspapers, magazines and publishing houses, as well as by authors, freelance journalists, lecturers, commercial publicity agencies and broadcasting organizations.
81. The information section's library is responsible for the sale in the United Kingdom of Hong Kong government publications, including the Colony's annual report.
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82. Other activities during the year included the distribution of literature produced by the Information Services Department, the Com- merce and Industry Department and other government departments; briefing of journalists; arrangement of lectures by government officers on leave; and replying to many thousands of enquiries received by letter, telephone and personal visit, from members of the general public, business firms, schools, etc.
83. The London Office, through its information section, continued to maintain the closest possible contact with the Commonwealth Office Information Department and other departments of H.M. Government, the Central Office of Information, Commonwealth organizations, the B.B.C. and I.T.V., and other agencies for the dissemination of infor- mation.
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N. J. V. WATT,
Director of Information Services.
APPENDIX
FILMS CENSORED DURING THE PERIOD 1.4.66 TO 31.3.67
PANEL OF CENSORS
FEATURE FILMS (35 mm)
BOARD OF REVIEW
Total Sub-
Passed Clean
mitted
Passed with Cuts
Not
Total Passed Passed Appeals Clean
Passed
Not
with
Passed
Cuts
Anglo-Canadian
China Mainland
Denmark
1
1
27
15
8
4
1
1
Danish-Swedish
Egypt-Italy-W. Germany
France
France-Germany
Franco-Italian
Franco-Italian-Germany
Franco-Italian-Spanish
1
1
...
...
1
11101
9
4
5
13
9
1
3
2
2
...
21
17
2
2
3
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1
2
3
9
9
Franco-Spanish
2
Germany
1
1
W
Hong Kong (Cantonese)
1111
98
13
Hong Kong (Mandarin)
56
54
2
Hong Kong (Chiu Chow)...
1
1
Hong Kong (Miscellaneous)
3
3
India
37
36
Italo-German
3
3
Italo-Spanish
Italo-Spanish-German
16
15
1
3
2
1
...
Italy...
Italy-Egypt
Japan
Mexico
18
16
1
+
1
1
75
54
12
4
1
1
Philippine
South Korea
Spain
Spanish-Brazilian Switzerland
Taiwan
United Kingdom U.S.A.
1
8
3
2
1
1
1
1
| | - | | |
1
1
1
...
18
16
2
46
44
160
150
5
1
1
1
U.S.A.-Japan
U.S.S.R.
1
1
1
1
West Germany
FEATURE FILMS (16 mm)
11
10
1
| | |
J
659
579
49
31
22
7
8
7
India
2
2
SHORTS
Australia
1
1
China Mainland
42
28
11
3
6
4
2
Hong Kong..
5
Japan
2
Switzerland...
1
Taiwan
2
1
United Kingdom
23
23
U.S.A.
70
70
...
U.S.S.R.
2
2
NEWSREELS
U.S.A.
West Germany
United Kingdom
TELEVISION (Rediffusion)
1
149
134
12
3
6
4
2
44
44
52
52
96
96
16 mm films
1,603
1,601
2
ADVERTISING FILMS
551
551
TOTAL
3,060 2,963
61
36
28
11
10
7
15
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