57. During the period covered by this report the orchestra staged three concerts at the CMA Exhibition, gave a full concert at the Tai Lam Chung centre for drug addicts, performed for the fishermen of Fat Tong Mun at the annual Tin Hau Festival and were featured in a number of City Hall concerts. Another innovation was the live outdoor performances given by the orchestra in various public parks.
58. The Chinese Service also maintained a regular output of two one hour vocal recitals and four fifteen minute instrumental recitals each week.
59. Chinese folk music was dealt with in a series of programmes performed by the Radio Hong Kong Orchestra during the latter part of 1966.
60. These programmes were submitted to the Asian Broadcasting Union as part of the exchange scheme organized by the Union.
LIGHT MUSIC
61. The years 1966 and 1967 saw the sudden rise in popularity of Western pop music. New groups seem to be formed almost daily and out of hundreds of would-be stars there emerged a number of groups of a surprisingly high standard. Radio Hong Kong became the focal point for much of this increased pop music activity. The station's staff light music producer was voted Hong Kong top Disc Jockey in a local news- paper's readers' poll and the station followed up this success by firmly taking the lead in the encouragement and production of local performers and the staging of live audience shows at the City Hall and in restaurants and clubs.
62. On the English Service two shows were launched in the middle of 1967 both of which quickly established themselves as firm favourites with both musicians and fans alike.
63. 'LUCKY DIP', previously a studio record request programme was expanded, and emerged as a live City Hall presentation featuring local artists and broadcast before an audience.
64. 'IT'S ALL HAPPENING' was the title given to a weekly tea dance which was organized as an outside broadcast by Radio Hong Kong and drew capacity crowds of enthusiastic youngsters all eager to dance to the latest music from both live performers and imported records.
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