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Among the documentary programmes written and pro- duced were '1331', on the building of the new runway at Kai Tak, a feature on the Tai Lam Chung Water Supply Scheme and a biography of the missionary Robert Morrison.
The University also made an important contribution to English-language broadcasting when it organized a sym- posium in five parts on the general theme of The Mind of Man, on which papers were read and discussed by four scientists.
Many prominent visitors to Hong Kong took part in broadcasts including the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru; Field-Marshal Sir Gerald Templer; Mr. Christian Herter, United States Under-Secretary of State; the Rt. Hon. John McEwan, Australian Minister of Trade; and Mr. F. J. Errol, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the United Kingdom Board of Trade. Other celebrities included Fred Astaire, Mr. Gerard D'Erlanger, Chairman of B.O.A.C., Jack Kramer, Nicholas Monsarrat, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Todd.
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Visiting artists who broadcast included Maurice Clare and Marta Zalan, Yvette Giraud, Luigi Infantino, Julius Katchen, Ruggiero Ricci, Eleanor Steber, and Pamela Woolmore and Andrew Gold.
Children's programmes were expanded and improved; whilst the well established magazine programmes such as 'Motoring Magazine' and 'Sports Cavalcade' were joined by 'The Critics', designed to combine the functions of the weekly book and film review programmes and to enlarge the scope of critical review by bringing in radio programmes, art exhibitions, etc.
Outside Broadcasts. Both Chinese and English services devoted a great deal of time to broadcasts originating wholly or partly from outside the studios. The trend is towards more live broadcasts of the type of event previously broadcast in the recorded form. For the first time the opening in December of the annual Exhibition of Hong Kong Products was