104. Radio Hong Kong has been limited in the past in the amount of local drama productions which could be undertaken. However, a staff drama producer was recruited during the year and listeners can look forward to a considerable increase in local presentations of radio plays.
Charity Broadcasts
105. More than twenty Charities were given radio time during the year to broadcast appeals to assist in fund raising. Radio Hong Kong's English service charity drive, 'Operation Santa Claus', produced HK$30,186.86 for poor children at Christmas, whilst 'Operation Fat Choy' undertaken in conjunction with the other two radio stations, raised HK$20,892.
Cantonese by Radio
106. In order to help those residents who do not speak Chinese but wish to acquire a working knowledge of the language Radio Hong Kong commissioned a series of broadcasts on basic Cantonese called 'Kwangtung Wah'. The series was broadcast at 6.30 p.m. each week day for 15 minutes, and many listeners wrote in to say how much they had enjoyed the lessons.
General
PART V
ENGINEERING
107. The recruitment of additional programme staff during the year resulted in an increase in production activities and brought about heavy demands on the staff and equipment of the Engineering Department. More programmes were pre-recorded than ever before and improved production techniques demanded additional and more complex technical facilities. The general increase in the use of studio and control rooms revealed certain short-comings in available equipment and a temporary palliative was achieved by re-equiping what had hitherto been a record- ing channel, and operating it as a small but compact production unit.
108. A series of experimental stereophonic broadcasts was carried out in the English service from the 1st to 7th June for a period of forty-five minutes each day. These broadcasts employed the 91 Mc/s F.M. transmitter as Channel A, and the 860 Kc/s transmitter as
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