During many of the discussions, citizens from all walks of life were invited to attend providing an outlet for public opinion.
37.
'Fishermen's Half Hour' continued to enjoy the support of the fishing population. It is a specialist programme in which new developments are reported, fishing problems are discussed, and questions from fishermen are answered. An innovation this year was the inclusion of a weekly review of fish prices, which proved to be of tremendous practical use to the fisherfolk.
38.
A large part of this year's effort 'For the Disabled' was spent on reporting activities jointly organised by the disabled and the able-bodied. In fact, encouraging the physically handicapped and the able-bodied to integrate with each other was the theme of the year. The programme also continued to be a meeting place for the disabled, and enjoyed the full co-operation of the various voluntary agencies.
39.
"Happiness Is" a one hour programme produced and presented by Au Lee On Kow each weekday at twelve noon. The programme started in April and was designed to entertain the general public with short talks, skits and interviews interspersed with popular music. Later a "phone-out" segment was introduced to encourage listeners to participate in discussions on a selected topic.
40.
Although designed primarily for entertainment "Happiness Is" maintained a public affairs link by including regular interviews with the Local Employment Service of the Labour Department, The Hong Kong Family Planning Association and officers from the I.C.A.C. The "Sheung Shing" (# ), a ten-minute publicity programme devoted to I.C.A.C. matters was introduced in July, and a similar segment "A Hundred Miles A Day' was introduced for taxi drivers early in 1976.
FM Broadcasting
41.
Radio 2, the Chinese FM Service, aims mainly to meet the taste of music lovers and much of the year was taken up in planning the forthcoming introduction of FM stereo. During the year Radio 2 kept up its output of Western classical music, Cantonese Operas and Pekingese Operas, as well as regional music and operas from other parts of China. It was, however, necessary to slightly reduce the output on Radio 2 in early 76 as work progressed on converting various studios to FM Stereo.
42.
Once again the Chinese Service was faced with the difficult problem of producing enough stereo programmes to meet
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