PRESS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, BROADCASTING AND FILMS
social welfare, medical services, sports, Chinese festivi- ties, the work of government departments, the services and many other subjects.
To European listeners, the year was memorable for the number of well known personalities who broadcast. The Rt. Hon. C. R. Attlee, O.M., C.H., M.P., spoke after his return from China and a speech by the Rt. Hon. Ralph Assheton, M.P., a member of the Com- monwealth Parliamentary Association delegation, was broadcast. Film and Radio stars were numerous, and listeners heard, among others, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Michael Rennie, Danny Kaye, William Holden, The Ink Spots, John Arlott and Jon Pertwee. Studio recitals were given by Cor de Groot, Maurice Clare and Angus Morrison.
Some of the best of the year's feature programmes were those on the history of the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force, shipbuilding, and the Dragon Boat Festival. The Hong Kong Stage Club, the Garrison Players and the Kai Tak Players were responsible for much of the radio drama performances which included a series of features on famous British trials, and a comedy serial. The weekly magazine programme on the arts, "Viewpoint", was joined by "Motoring Magazine", a monthly feature for those interested in cars, and the "Twenty Questions" programme was repeated.
The Chinese section carried its microphones much further afield to Un Long for the Agricultural Show, to the Leper settlement at Hay Ling Chau, to Ping Chau for the opening of a pier and right round the New Territories for 'Horse Shoe', a programme for
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