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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
ents' Club acts for overseas journalists stationed in the Colony.
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE
News of government activities and explanations of govern- ment policy are given by the Public Relations Office, situated in the Gloucester Building. The department's Press Section issued nearly 4,000 statements and news items in 1956, and organized a number of Press conferences, besides maintain- ing close personal contact with local newspapers, agencies and foreign correspondents. The Section also prepares the news bulletins broadcast in English and four Chinese dialects by Radio Hong Kong.
An Advertising and Display Section is responsible for all government advertising, the preparation and distribution of posters, pamphlets and other matter, and the maintenance of a film library. A total of 2,218 films were borrowed from the film lending library during the year and were viewed by 470,575 people.
BROADCASTING
Radio Hong Kong is a government broadcasting station, transmitting on two wavelengths on medium wave and one on short wave. On the Chinese wavelength (640 Kc/s) the principal languages used are Cantonese, Kuoyu and Chiuchow; the other medium wavelength (860 Kc/s) transmits in English, with occasional broadcasts in French and Portuguese. The shortwave transmitter on 3.94 megacycles in the 76 metre band broadcasts the Chinese programme, and is designed for local coverage in those parts of the Colony where reception is weak.
The studio centre occupies the sixth and seventh floors of Mercury House, the headquarters of Cable and Wireless Ltd. in Victoria, fronting the Central Reclamation. This accom- modation is rented from Cable and Wireless, who are responsible for the technical operation of Radio Hong