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Modification and rewiring of the lighting arrange- ment in the Television Studio was completed. This modifica- tion provides 40 dimmer circuits to cover the whole area of the studio.
Golden Hill MW Transmitting Station
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Little broadcasting time was lost during the year and none due to transmitters failure. The Chinese Radio Service on 640 kHz was interrupted for 1 min. 15 secs. due to lightning strikes and a further 2 minutes due to programme lines failures. The English Radio Service on 545 kHz was off the air for 1 hour 35 minutes due to lightning strikes affect- ing the diplexer and a further 1 minute due to interruption of the programme lines.
Mount Gough VHF/FM Transmitting Station
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There were no failures throughout the year due to breakdown of transmitters. A total 14 minutes for both the English and Chinese Radio Services was lost due to Hong Kong electricity power failures, these were very short breaks and within a minute at each time the emergency generator took over the power load. Failures in transmitters and associated equipment were of a minor nature and the principal components expended were valves.
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STAFF
The year of change extended to staff in Radio Hong Kong. There were eight new appointments on the programme side and on the administration side there were three important additions. First, in October, Tom Duffy arrived on secondment from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to act as No. 2 to Jimmy Hawthorne, the Director of Broadcasting. In December he was followed by Jagjit Dillon who took over the News Service, and in January 1974 the Television Unit was jolted into action by the arrival of Donald Kerr on secondment from the BBC for two years to run the Television Service. On March 31st, 1974 the establishment was 211 assisted by 91 technical staff provided by Cable and Wireless Ltd. Nineteen vacancies for programme staff were unfilled at that time.
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