1250 Kc/s which was used to carry ball-by-ball descriptions of play from start to finish. The innovation was much appreciated by local cricket enthusiasts.
55. Other sporting events relayed from overseas included the F.A. Cup Final, the Scottish Cup Final, the Olympia Boat Show, the Derby, the 1,000 Guineas, the 2,000 Guineas, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, the Grand National, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion- ship and the lawn tennis finals at Wimbledon, amongst many others. A large team of Commentators, race-readers and engineers was sent to Macau in November to cover the Grand Prix, an event which grows in interest with each passing year.
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
56. Church services were broadcast regularly every Sunday morning from a roster which included most of the leading churches in Hong Kong. Mid-day prayers were also broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
57. Easter and Christmas were marked with special features and programmes of religious music. The English Service again broadcast a special series of talks for Lent entitled 'The Way to Easter.' The annual Memorial Service at the Cenotaph was, as is customary, broadcast live.
58. The Ecumenical Year, which emphasized inter-denominational co-operation, was reflected in a new weekly magazine programme 'Crossroads'. This programme was produced in consultation with the Religious Broadcasting Advisory Committee and presented different religious points of view and beliefs. There were talks and interviews on subjects such as the East Asia Christian Conference, the New English Bible, a digest of Pope John XXIII's encyclical letter, Pacem in Terris', an extract from a sermon by the Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, as well as a discussion on the wider moral issues of the Profumo affair and a review of the film 'Barabbas'. Much thoughtful work was put into 'Crossroads' by the producer, the Reverend Dennis ROGERS, and its popularity amongst listeners suggested that this effort was well worth while.
TALKS
59. Two series of talks broadcast during the year, 'Hong Kong Since 1860' by G. B. ENDACOTT, at the time senior lecturer in history at the University of Hong Kong, and 'Impressions of Old Hong Kong' by J. R. PIRIE, a student of local history, created great interest. The scripts were widely quoted in the local press. A second series of "The Government
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