NEWS PROGRAMMES
7. News bulletins are broadcast throughout the day and in the several languages used in the Chinese Service. The major locally-compiled bulletins of the World and local news are broadcast in Cantonese at 8.00 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. There is also a daily Asian and Hong Kong bulletin at 6.00 p.m. which is broadcast in Cantonese, Kuoyu, Hakka and Chiu Chow. World headline bulletins in Kuoyu and Chiu Chow are broadcast at 9.00 a.m.
8. In addition to locally-compiled bulletins there are relays of B.B.C. News programmes in Cantonese at 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 p.m. and the B.B.C. Kuoyu bulletins are broadcast at 11.30 p.m.
9. To supplement the news bulletins the Chinese Service broadcasts a news magazine 'Topical Events' at 7.30 p.m. each week-day evening. This programme consists of interviews with local personalities, visiting celebrities and reports on events of topical interest.
10. Each morning at 9.15 a.m. a briefing session is held by the Director of Broadcasting which is attended by both the Chinese and English Service news magazine producers and at which likely stories for the day are discussed. The producers then brief their teams of reporters whose task it is to arrange their interviews and obtain the material for the broadcast. Between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. the producers compile the various contributions into the finished programme which may consist of as many as ten items each day; these are linked together with appro- priate narration.
11. Among the more outstanding local programme items broadcast in 1964-65 were accounts of the Tin Hau Festival which celebrates the birthday of the Queen of Heavenly Host-the Patron Saint of the Colony's many seafaring people, the Festival of the Goddess of Mercy which is of particular interest to women who desire children and the famous Cheung Chau Bun Festival which is held each year by the islanders to ward off evil happenings.
12. The activities of important local bodies are features in 'Topical Events' and listeners are given reports of the work of Legislative Council and Urban Council on the appropriate evenings. There are also frequent reports on the work of the many social agencies of Hong Kong and publicity is given to the various campaigns organized by the Kaifongs- the Colony's good-neighbour organizations. Typical of such campaigns during the year were the 'Public Health and Hygiene Campaign' and the 'Keep Your City Clean Campaign'.
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