Brigade Parade', "The Chinese New Year Round-Up', 'The Public Farewell to Sir Robert BLACK' and many other occasions. Considerable importance is attached to the policy of broadcasting events 'live' and as they happen but, since public occasions can often be lengthy affairs, a shortened version is usually prepared after the programme and broadcast again in the evening. These edited versions are usually of interest to office- workers, etc. who may not have heard the original broadcast.
TALKS
42. A considerable number of talks are broadcast throughout the year on a very wide variety of subjects. Many of these contain advice of one form or another or explanations of situations which may be affect- ing the population of the Colony.
43. Without doubt the shortage of water was the most serious problem to beset Hong Kong during the year and there were many broadcast talks on this subject. As part of the general campaign to make the public aware of the need to conserve the dwindling supply a "Water Saving Song Contest' was organized and members of the public were invited to send in entries of lyrics or music. Prizes were awarded for the best compositions which were duly broadcast on frequent occasions.
44. Another series of 'The Government and the People' was arranged and broadcast. In these programmes, which were a follow-up to the first series which began in 1961, those Heads of Departments who had not already done so were invited to talk about the work of their depart- ments and the plans for development in their particular spheres. The full list of broadcasts in this series can be found in Appendix E.
45. The list of other talks broadcast during the year includes several on the work of the Kai Fong Welfare Associations' projects; there was a series of six talks on the tenets of Buddhism; the United Nations Radio Division supplied the scripts for translation of four talks on nutrition and Chinese cultural talks covered such subjects as caligraphy, well- known artists, letter writing and the Governmental systems of various Chinese dynasties.
ENGLISH SERVICE
46. The English Service is broadcast daily from 7 a.m. until midnight. The programmes are aimed to appeal to both the large number of English- speaking Chinese, who use their radios to improve their knowledge of the
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