undertakings. Chief among these were those concerned with the visit of H.R.H. the Prince Philip, described in paragraphs 9 to 21. But also ambitious in scope was the coverage of the Walkathon with VHF vans and telephoned reports, the Hong Kong Products Exhibition with its five commentary points, ad lib. interviews and live spontaneity, the Kai Tak Runway opening with its widely separated commentators, its difficult noise problem and for the commentators the challenge to keep talking for long periods.
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93. To give the fullest possible coverage for the small but enthu- siastic minority who passionately follow cricket, extensive commentaries on the England v. Australia Test Match in Australia were relayed from Radio Australia. The English Service remained on the air all day for the period of the Test and the volume of telephone calls from listeners and commendations from press and public, showed that this precedent was valuable. In Hong Kong, broadcast coverage was as usual given to all classic events, from the Kwangtung Handicap to the Macau Grand Prix. This now well established motor race was broadcast by arrangement with Radio Vila Verde and brought Hong Kong listeners commentaries on the start, ten minute reports on the hour, and evening feature summaries of half an hour. This year one of the commentators on the Grand Prix had himself driven in the previous day's races, thus carrying to the ultimate the principle of 'getting fully briefed'.
94. Commentaries were given on the Hong Kong Amateur Boxing Championships, the Cross Harbour Race, the outstanding soccer games, the Hong Kong Derby and the main Rugby Union games. Outstanding sporting events of the year were soccer games between Blackpool and Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Korea and Hong Kong and Malaya, Rugger between Hong Kong and the All Blacks, demonstrations by the Australian Swimming Team and the South China Morning Post £1,000 Golf Championships at Fan Ling.
95. Sport in the world outside was brought to the armchair listener by relays from many broadcasting services and for the first time Radio Hong Kong had its own representative at the Empire Games at Cardiff whose recorded reports were flown out for re-broadcast. Sporting pro- grammes relayed during the year included the Boat Race, the Scottish Cup Final, the Derby, the Oaks, the 2000 and 1000 Guineas, the Cesarewitch, the Cambridgeshire, the Ascot Gold Cup, the Goodwood Cup, the St. Leger, all international Rugby matches, the major motor races, the Third Asian Games, the New Zealand/England Test Cricket,
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