stands at over fifty productions each week. This increase was acknow- ledged in the recent Audience Research, and it has been clearly demonstrated that listeners are extremely discriminating in their appreciation of the productions.
Radio Hong Kong dramas include situation plays, love stories, Chinese folk stories, detective stories and thrillers, and a great many adaptations from famous works.
Music
18. The large majority of Radio Hong Kong's Chinese listeners have developed a taste for modern Chinese songs. To satisfy the demand of the listening public, four presenters have been employed for compiling and presenting record programmes of modern Chinese songs and one additional presenter has been retained for classical music.
A series of 'Cantonese Operatic Singing Contests' was produced jointly with the Ming Teh Youth Centre during the Festival of Hong Kong, 1971, and top Cantonese opera stars were invited to take part in a concert specially prepared for the Chinese New Year.
Talks
19. The second Audience Research Report has confirmed the popularity of short talks. One of these is the new 'Now and Then' series written and voiced by Mr. LEUNG Siu Chung who is a well-known newspaperman. It links the ancient Chinese anecdotes with topical news items and this combination has been very well received.
Other spoken word programmes inaugurated during the year were 'Getting on in English' and programmes listing vacancies announced by the Local Employment Service of the Labour Department.
Children's Programmes
20. Children received a great deal of attention from the programme planners and no less than eight different children's programmes were presented each week. These ranged from the more conventional stories and songs type of programme, to full-scale variety shows staged by children, and complete documentaries prepared, under the supervision of a staff producer, by the children themselves.
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