新聞處年報 Information Services Department Annual Report 1970-1971





HONG KONG

ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT

BY THE

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES

N. J. V. WATT, O.B.E., J.P.

FOR THE

FINANCIAL YEAR 1970-71*

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. R. LEE, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS, Java ROAD, HONG KONG

* 1st April 1970-31st March 1971

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$14.55=£1 (HK$1=approx. 7p). The official rate for conversion to U.S. dollars is HK$6.06= US$1 (based on £1=US$2.40).

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

NEWS DIVISION

Press Room

Radio News Room .

PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION

TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION

Distribution

Film Unit

Photographic

Production

Publications and Editorial

DEPARTMENTAL UNITS

Police Public Information Bureau

Labour Department .

LIBRARY

Paragraphs

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2

3 4

5 - 9

10

11

17

18

19

20 - 22

23 24

-

25 - 27

28 - 31

32

33 - 36

37 - 39

EXPO '70.

TELEVISION AUTHORITY

40 - 43

44

46

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45

49

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FILM CENSORSHIP

50

52

LONDON OFFICE INFORMATION SECTION

53 - 58

STAFF

59 - 63

APPENDICES

Appendix I The Press

Appendix II

Decisions of the Panel of Film Censors and Board of Review

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THE aim of the Information Services Department is to keep Hong Kong people at home and overseas accurately informed of current events in Hong Kong, to keep the public informed of the development of Govern- ment policies on matters likely to affect their lives and to assist heads of departments to carry out Government's information policy.

2. The department is organized in three Divisions-News, Public Relations and Technical Services. There are also the Television Authority and Film Censorship sections and two departmental units- the Police Public Information Bureau and a public relations unit in the Labour Department-both of which are partly staffed by I.S.D. personnel.

NEWS DIVISION

3. The News Division offers a service of information to local and overseas press, radio and television, with the aim of encouraging com- munication between government departments and the public through the mass information media.

     4. A radio news room prepares world and local news bulletins for local broadcasting and television services.

Press Room

5. The Daily Information Bulletin gives factual information in English and Chinese on official policy and public projects as well as routine notices and statistics. The bulletin is distributed to more than 120 newspapers, agencies and broadcasting stations.

     6. The bulletin is supplemented by a teleprinter service which is particularly useful for agencies and newspapers with urgent deadlines. This service is not restricted to official announcements but also alerts news editors to fires and other incidents. The service is supplied without charge but recipients have to pay for the hire of the line and teleprinter which carries the service. There are 78 subscribers to this service.

7. Questions from newspaper reporters, sometimes as many as 100 a day, and covering every aspect of government activity, represent another important channel of communication and enquiry desks are manned night and day.

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8. Personal interviews, at which journalists discuss matters of public interest with responsible senior government officers, are arranged almost every day and press conferences to explain major projects are held frequently.

9. An experimental facsimile service of news items in Chinese was begun on 16th June, 1969. This service transmits government news in Chinese simultaneously with the transmission of news in English over the teleprinter service.

Radio News Room

10.

Bulletins on world and local events are produced for broadcast by Radio Hong Kong, Commercial Radio and Rediffusion Television. H.K. T.V.B. operates its own news service and both T.V. stations obtain their filmed news material from their own sources. Sources for news bulletins originated by I.S.D. include two international news agencies, official releases and direct staff coverage of local events. The radio news room, located in Broadcasting House, remains under the supervision of the News Division and is in constant contact with Beaconsfield House through teleprinter, facsimile and telephone links.

PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION

11. The aim of the Public Relations Division is to improve under- standing between people and government by the use of all possible public relations methods. It also keeps the government informed of public opinion as expressed through the information media in Hong Kong and has a special responsibility to maintain contact with the Hong Kong Chinese living abroad.

12. The division produces periodic press reviews on items of current interest. These reviews are widely distributed to over 160 senior officers in the administration. The division also draws the attention of govern- ment departments to letters which appear in the correspondence columns of the press and endeavours to obtain answers to any questions raised. Government replied to 1,071 such letters during the year.

13. Close touch is maintained with departments in daily contact with the public and the division helps with day to day public relations problems. A Resettlement Newsletter has been started, and is edited by the section for distribution to 30,000 residents in Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate.

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     14. The division edits the Hong Kong News Digest, which is dis- tributed to 24,000 overseas Chinese living in Britain, Canada, U.S.A., Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa and South America. Special supplements were issued from time to time. These include the Chinese version of the Review Chapter of the Hong Kong Annual Report 1970 and a Chinese translation of the 1971 United Kingdom Census form. Films and sound broadcasting material are also provided so that the Hong Kong London Office can arrange entertainment programmes for Chinese living in Britain; 255 such film shows were organized during the year and were very well received.

15.

The division joined with the Chinese Manufacturers' Associa- tion and other organizations in organizing an Anti-litter Campaign at the 28th C.M.A. Exhibition. A survey of the litter situation in a selected area in the Eastern District of the Island was conducted by the division. Efforts were made to find out factors contributing to cleanliness or otherwise of the area and ways and means that may help keep the area clean.

16. Following a survey of reception arrangements in government departments organized by the division, officers of the division paid visits to departments having close contacts with the public and offered advice to improve further their communications with members of the public.

17. A series of leaflets explaining government services and pro- cedures to the public was produced and the Summer Youth Programme Directory was compiled in the division.

TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION

18. The aim of the Technical Services Division is to provide the technical services needed by the other divisions and heads of depart- ments. The division is divided into sections dealing with distribution, 35mm films, photographic services, production of publicity material and advertising and publications and features.

Distribution

19. This section is responsible for the planned and effective distribu- tion of films and publications, produced either by the department or received from the Central Office of Information in Britain. It also

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   operates a mobile cinema to give open-air film shows in the resettle- ment estates, remote villages, schools and associations. The film lending library, stocked with informative films on Hong Kong and Britain, is well patronized.

Film Unit

20. The monthly news magazine Hong Kong Today continued to be the Film Unit's main output. This three-minute colour magazine is distributed to approximately 65 local theatres and to the two T.V. stations. It is also sent to London.

21. A one minute colour short, in the form of greetings for the Lunar New Year, was distributed to local theatres and T.V. stations to celebrate the Year of the Pig.

22. One training film and four short publicity films were made on behalf of the Census and Statistics Department to train the young enumerators and to publicize the 1971 Census. The publicity films were distributed to the local theatres and to the two T.V. stations.

Photographic

23. During the year there was a continued demand for photographic services, especially from other departments for assistance in exhibitions, aerial photography and photocopying.

24. The section produced a total of 37,625 black and white photo- graphs (including 115 murals ranging from 20′′ × 30′′ to 40′′ × 120′′), 5,295 colour transparencies and 91 large-sized colour print-films. Some 5,008 duplicates of colour transparencies and 1,159 black and white copy-negatives were also made. All material produced was for use both locally and overseas.

Production

25. The production section creates publicity material for govern- ment departments and other professional and voluntary agencies dealing with health, hygiene and safety campaigns, as well as advertising local public events and entertainments. The section designed 36 posters dealing with crime prevention, health, industrial safety and traffic and 52 leaflets explaining government services and procedures to the public. The section also designed the cover and colour sections of the colony's annual report, Hong Kong 1970.

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26.

       One hundred and twenty-eight window displays were erected in City District Offices, the Government Publication Centre and the depart- ment's display window. Three domestic and one overseas exhibitions and displays were designed and erected.

27.

       The Information Services Department is responsible for placing all government advertisements in the local press including recruitment and statutory advertisements. During the year advertisements were designed for the local press and overseas newspaper supplements. The section also dealt with local recruitment advertisements, statutory notices and other notices of public interest.

Publications and Editorial

28. The main item on the publications programme, the colony's annual report, Hong Kong 1970, was once again available to a wide readership, both in Hong Kong and overseas. The print order was for 21,500 copies, and the colour illustrations, in the form of 'photo essays', were also printed independently as publicity material.

29. Illustrated booklets produced during the year included Hong Kong Prisons, Adult Education and How to Be a More Civil Servant. Leaflets dealt with Urban Services recreational and other facilities. Two major publications were City of Children, a photographic portfolio on the youth of Hong Kong, and a souvenir of the 19th Assembly of the International Press Institute, held in Hong Kong from 18th to 20th May. A series of detailed fact sheets was expanded with leaflets on Education and Industrial Employment.

    30. The editorial section produces newspaper and magazine feature articles for all parts of the world. Over the year 19 illustrated features were sent out through ten agencies.

31. Readers overseas are supplied with information of life and de- velopment in the colony through the news digest, The Week in Hong Kong. And they also receive publications on various aspects of Hong Kong affairs.

DEPARTMENTAL UNITS

    32. Departmental public relations units are planned for nine major Government departments during the next few years. These units will provide a more direct channel for the flow of information between

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   departments and the public. They are also designed to provide a direct liaison between these Government departments and the communications media which should lead to a better mutual understanding. By the end of March 1970 two units had been set up, one in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and one in the Labour Department, and Senior Informa- tion Officers will be establishing further units in the Resettlement Department and Social Welfare Department from 1st April, 1971.

Police Public Information Bureau

33. Two senior information officers are seconded from the Infor- mation Services Department to the bureau, whose role is to supply information to the various news media and foster good relations with the public at all levels.

    34. Extensive efforts are made to keep the public more closely informed of police activities, and the supply of news and information to the press, radio and television continues to increase.

    35. The bureau, set up in 1968, is responsible for all aspects of police publicity. It works in close liaison in all fields with the Informa- tion Services Department in fostering increased understanding between the police and the public and in the production of police publicity material.

    36. During the year the bureau dealt with over 27,000 press queries and handled many press conferences and interviews in both languages for newspapers, radio and television.

Labour Department

    37. A Principal Information Officer was seconded to the Labour Department in May 1970. The publicity unit which he heads consists of a Labour Officer and a small clerical `staff.

    38. The unit deals with press queries, issues its own press releases, arranges press, radio and TV interviews and prepares posters and publications with the assistance of the Technical Services Division of the Information Services Department.

    39. In its first year of operation it issued 185 press releases handled 257 major press enquiries and issued 20 publications. Officers of the department gave a total of 155 radio or television interviews.

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When His Holiness Pope Paul VI visited Hong Kong on 4th December, 1970, he received a copy of the Information Services publication 'City of Children' from the Acting Governor, Sir Hugh NORMAN-WALKER.

Hong Kong was chosen as the theme of the 1971 International Boat Show, held at Earls Court, London. Hong Kong's Trade Development Council, General Chamber of Commerce, Tourist Association and Information Services Department shared in this promotion.

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The Information Services Department assisted the Chinese Manufacturers' Association in running an anti-litter campaign during their annual exhibition in 1970.

More than one hundred special window displays were designed by the department during the year for the City District Offices. This one used colour cartoons to emphasize road safety precautions.

安全第

LIBRARY

    40. The library has a reference section and photographic collection available to local and visiting journalists and Hong Kong firms and organizations as well as departmental staff.

41. The comprehensive reference section contains more than 2,500 books and up-to-date files of 100 periodicals. A record of events in Hong Kong is maintained in press clipping files.

42. The stock of reference works and books on Hong Kong affairs is classified under the Dewey decimal system while other files are organized under subject headings.

43. About 4,000 black and white prints on 800 Hong Kong subjects are kept available for immediate use in the library, which also main- tains a stock of about 10,000 colour transparencies. Photographs by departmental photographers are issued for local press release and overseas features and to overseas correspondents, publishers, local firms and other government departments.

EXPO '70

    44. The Hong Kong Government Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka which closed on 13th September, 1970 after being open to the public for six months had a total attendance of 9.3 million. Hong Kong's participation was generally well received. The British Architectural Review took the view that the Hong Kong Pavilion used an accept- able and very effective exhibition technique and that it represented an outstanding first adventure for Hong Kong in the world exhibition field. The Hong Kong Pavilion was not only effective but was modestly con- ceived. The total cost per visitor based on total attendance worked out at about 90 Hong Kong cents per visitor compared with a generally accepted level of HK$6 per visitor.

45. Distinguished visitors included His Royal Highness Prince Charles, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Mikasa and Princess Mikasa, Their Royal Highnesses the King and Queen of Nepal. The Pavilion welcomed many distinguished statesman and prominent busi- nessmen from all over the world. Approximately 40,000 people from all walks of life in Hong Kong visited Expo '70 and the Hong Kong Pavilion.

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TELEVISION AUTHORITY

46. The Television Ordinance provides for the appointment of a Television Authority and a Television Advisory Board. The Authority's function is to secure proper standards of programme content and technical efficiency in wireless television and generally to administer the provisions of the Ordinance.

47. The role of the Television Advisory Board is to advise the Authority in the exercise of its function; to submit proposals and recommendations to the Governor-in-Council or the Television Au- thority; and to publish reports on the progress of television. The board's first report has recently been completed and is now with the Government Printer for publication. The board consists of three public officers and two members of the public.

48. A small secretariat within the Information Services Department enables the Director of Information Services to carry out his statutory functions as the Television Authority.

49. Approval has been obtained for the recruitment of television monitors and the provision of monitoring facilities in Beaconsfield House. Arrangements are therefore now in hand to monitor all live and pre-recorded material on a full-time basis.

FILM CENSORSHIP

50. Films for public exhibition in Hong Kong are subject to censor- ship in accordance with Film Censorship Regulations.

51. The Panel of Censors viewed 6,962 films during the year, com- pared with 5,557 in the preceding year. Details are given in Appendix II.

52. There are at present 103 cinemas in the Colony. Local studios submitted 150 films for censorship during the year: 22 feature films in Cantonese, 116 feature films in Mandarin, and 12 short films.

LONDON OFFICE INFORMATION SECTION

    53. The Information Section of the Government Office in London works closely with the Information Services Department on matters relating to the Colony's public relations programmes in Britain. It relies on the regular flow of information, literature and other material

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from the Department to sustain these programmes, and makes use of the Daily Information Bulletin to maintain its output of news releases to the British Press. The dissemination of this information, through a subscription to the private teleprinter network provided by Universal News Services and by mail, resulted in a large volume of favourable publicity for Hong Kong in the British newspaper and magazine Press.

54. The Section is also responsible for the distribution in Britain of the weekly 'Hong Kong News Digest', which is received by air from the Colony. During the year, the circulation of this newspaper reached 15,500 copies, a figure at which it is believed that the paper is seen regularly by every adult member of the Hong Kong Chinese community in Britain. Demand for the 'News Digest from Hong Kong Chinese people living in Western Europe continued to grow, and circulation to addresses on the Continent was in excess of 650 copies.

55. The Section acted as the agent of the Information Services Department in the planning and execution of the Colony's participa- tion in the International Boat Show, held in London in January.

      56. A senior information officer is seconded to the London Office to act as chief assistant to the Principal Information Officer. His duties include the preparation of material for the Press, and he is also respon- sible for dealing with a high proportion of the inquiries received by the Office.

     57. The Principal Information Officer paid a visit to Hong Kong towards the end of 1970 for briefing on recent developments in the Colony and for consultations with the Director of Information Services and heads of other departments.

     58. The activities of the Section are reviewed in greater detail in the Annual Departmental Report of the Hong Kong Government London Office.

Staff

STAFF, TRAINING, AND WELFARE

59. The Director of Information Services, Mr. N. J. V. Watt, was on vacation leave from 25th July to 4th September, 1970. The Deputy Director, Mr. M. A. B. STEVENSON, acted as director in his absence.

60. The death of Mr. B. C. TAN, Assistant Director of Information Services, on 14th March, 1971 is recorded with deep regret.

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   61. During the year a new post of Assistant Director of Informa- tion Services was created to strengthen the headquarters and thus relieve the Director and his Deputy of some of their administrative commit- ments. A new post of Principal Information Officer was created to head the Labour Department public relations unit. New posts of Senior Information Officer were created to strengthen the press enquiries section of the News Division.

Training

   62. A number of officers attended courses run locally by the Government Training Division. Six university and technical college students spent their summer vacation in the department.

Welfare

   63. The Information Services Department Staff Club was formed before the end of the year.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

   64. In conclusion, I wish to record my sincere appreciation of the co-operation received from heads of departments and the Colonial Secretariat. I am also grateful to the staff of the department for their loyal support and hard work during the past year.

June 1971.

N. J. V. WATT,

Director of Information Services.

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APPENDIX I

THE PRESS

Sixty-six Chinese language dailies and four English language dailies, covering most shades of political opinion, were published at the end of March 1971. These have an estimated combined circulation well in excess of 2 million copies. The Chinese daily press includes 44 morning and 22 afternoon newspapers. There are two morning and two afternoon English language newspapers. In addition, one Chinese language weekly and one monthly are published. Three English language weeklies are also published.

     Newspapers published in the Colony must be registered with the Secretariat for Home Affairs. At the end of the year, 195 publications were registered. The fee is $100 a year. The applicant must also deposit $10,000 as surety or provide two acceptable guarantors in this sum. This deposit is a form of protection for the public to ensure payment of fines, damages or costs of a libel action in which a newspaper or publication may become involved.

     Hong Kong continues to be a base for the Far East operations of all the important news agencies and many international magazines, newspapers, and broadcasting net- works.

     Both Chinese and English-language newspapers are represented on the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, which has 18 members and three associated members.

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APPENDIX II

DECISIONS OF PANEL OF FILM CENSORS DURING THE PERIOD

1.4.70 TO 31.3.71

(PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT ORDINANCE-CHAPTER 172- FILM CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS)

PANEL OF CENSORS

Certificates

Certificates

Number of Films Submitted

for Public

Issued

Certificates

Exhibition

Subject to

Refused

Issued

Cuts

FEATURE FILMS (35mm):

Hong Kong (Cantonese)

Hong Kong (Mandarin)

22

13

8

1

116

93

23

Brazil

4

4

+

China

9

8

Denmark

8

3

4

France

Greece

India Italy Japan Pakistan

...

South Korea

Sweden

Taiwan

41

28

11

4

1

1123

2

26

26

82

55

22

5

36

19

11

6

5

5

13

10

3

9

3

3

3

98

87

10

1

United Kingdom

U.S.A.

70

51

10

9

176

128

29

19

...

W. Germany

Others

FEATURE FILMS (16mm):

28

13

7

8

15

9

3

3

762

556

144

62

France

Others

4

5

+

...

9

SHORTS:

Hong Kong Switzerland

United Kingdom

U.S.A.

U.S.S.R....

12

12

4

15

15

16

16

...

...

4

Others

8

++∞ 2+36 +8

4

4

1

8

1

4

4

59

59

TELEVISION FILMS:

Australia

Canada

Japan

356

35355

15

37

36

355

Mexico

32

32

United Kingdom

1.325

1,317

5

U.S.A.

3,335

3,320

10

3 5

+

W. Germany

24

24

Others

64

64

5,188

5,163

16

9

ADVERTISING FILMS

944

935

2

7

TOTAL

6,962

6,721

162

79

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APPENDIX II-Contd.

DECISIONS OF BOARD OF REVIEW DURING THE PERIOD 1.4.70 TO 31.3.71

(PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT ORDINANCE-CHAPTER 172- FILM CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS)

BOARD OF REVIEW

Appeals against Disapproval: 40

Passed

Cut

Appeal against Cuts: 10

Disapproved

Passed

Cut

Disapproved

4

36

2

5

3

13

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