gramme was introduced, in which the hostess was Miss Sheung Koon Kwan Wai, a popular film star. The programme is open to all members of the disciplined services, including the Police Force, and to their relatives and friends who wish to send them music and greetings.
31. Film and theatre fans were catered for by "Behind The Stage Curtain", a magazine programme in which stage actors and actresses and film-stars were interviewed. From June to the end of the year nearly 90 leading players were interviewed; no mean feat since the artists are busy people and often very difficult to contact. A useful by-product of this series was the friendly and closer relationship it helped establish with entertainment circles.
News
32. The early morning and lunch-time bulletins continue to be supplied by the Public Relations Office. Evening bulletins in Cantonese and Kuoyu are relayed from the B.B.C. Local news is greatly supplemented by actuality recordings of topical events (See para. 33).
Talks and Features
33. The man from Radio Hong Kong has become a familiar figure to the people of the Colony as he moves about the crowded streets with his portable tape-recorder slung over his shoulder and his microphone at the alert. The chances are he (or she) is out seeking material for "We are Living Below the Victoria Peak", the weekly magazine programme in which, by reports and interviews, the lives and problems of Hong Kong's citizens are reflected. The accent is on personalities and the thousand ways in which people make a livelihood: The series continued to run throughout the year with increasing popularity.
As the staff building this programme became more experienced in their relations with members of the public and consequently more adventurous in their search for interesting material, it became plain that there was no longer room in the programme for many of the events of topical interest which had hitherto been included, and that an additional programme could
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