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SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1974.
VILLAGERS DISCOVER THE WONDERFUL LORLD OF COLOUR+
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EIGHTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD GRANDHA HAU, SUPPORTED BY A STICK, SLOWLY MAKES HER WAY TO THE VILLAGE OFFICE ON A KOT JULY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE SUN IS BLAZING COUN ON HER, HER MIND IS SET, AND NOTHING CAN PREVENT HER FROM GOING TO HER +AFTERNOON MOVIE.+
TO CRANDMA HAU, THE INSTALLATION OF THE COLOUR TELEVISION SET BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TVO MONTHS ACO IN HER VILLAGE 10 SHEUNG HEUNG IN SHEUNG SHUI WAS AN UNFORGETTADLE EVENT IN HER LIFE.
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SINCE THEN, COME RAIN OR SHINE, SHE HAS HADE IT A POINT TO GO TO THE VILLAGE OFFICE EVERY DAY.
EXCEPT FOR SEVERAL FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURS SHE HAS NO FAMILY MENDERS TO KEEP HER COMPANY. AND WATCHING TELEVISION IS PRACTICALLY HER ONLY FORM OF PASTIME AND VIRTUALLY HER ONLY LINK WITH THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE,
SHE HAS, OF COURSE, SEEN A GOOD DEAL OF BLACK AND WHITE TV PROGRAMMES BEFORE. *BUT THEY ARE NOTHING WHEN COMPARED TO THE GORGEOUS COLOURS I CAN NOU SEE ON THE SCREEN,+ SHE RENARKED.
AND THE GRAND OLD LADY IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON
THRILLED AT THE IDEA OF DISCOVERING THE +WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOUR+ ON A TELEVISION SET. THE OTHER 600 VILLAGERS OF HO SMEUNG HEUNG ALL WELCOME THIS PLEASANT CHANCE FROM BLACK AND WHITE TO COLOUR.
ALTHOUGH NEARLY 60 PER CENT OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE VILLAGE POSSESS THEIR OWN TELEVISION SETS, THEY REGARD GOING DOWN TO THE VILLAGE OFF ICE THEIR COMMUNITY CENTRE
A SOCIAL EVENT.
+1T'S JUST LIKE GOING TO THE CINEMA,+ ONE VILLAGER SAID.
THE COLOUR COMMUNITY TELVEVISION SET AT HO SHEUNG HEUNG IS ONE OF THE FIRST THREE COLOUR SETS INSTALLED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THE OTHER TWO ARE AT SHA KOK MET VILLAGE IN SAI KUNG AND YUNG SHUE VAN ON LAMMA ISLAND.
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THESE THREE VILLAGES WERE CHOSEN AS THE FIRST TO TRY OUT AN EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME OF INSTALLING COLOUR COMMUNITY TELEVISIONS FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES PEOPLE. IF PROVED TO BS POPULAR, MORE SETS WILL BE INSTALLED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE N.T.
THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION FIRST BEGAN
INSTALLING BLACK AND WHITE COMMUNITY TELEVISION SETS IN 1968 FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE RURAL PEOPLE.
THIS SCHEME PROVED EXTREMELY POPULAR AND NOW THERE ARE 140 BLACK AND WHITE SETS INSTALLED IN VARIOUS VILLAGE OFFICES AND OTHER VANTAGE POINTS.
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