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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1974.
USUALLY, THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR SCRIPTS ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE STUDIO RECORDING AND THEN REHEARSE FOR TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE MOVING INTO THE STUDIO FOR FINAL RUN-THROUGH ON CAMERA.
EACH ETV PROGRAMME IS PRE-RECORDED ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE
DROADCAST.
THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF ETV IS TO APPEAL TO CHILDREN'S CURIOSITY, THAT IS WHY MOST ETV PROGRAMMES ARE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF DRAMATIZATION, PUPPETRY, PERSONAL INTERVIEWS AND DEMONSTRATION OF VARIOUS KIND.
IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING PROGRAMMES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRIMARY SCHOOL SYLLABUSES, ETV ALSO PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PUBLICISING GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS THE CLEAN HONG KONG, FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME AND ROAD SAFETY CMPAIGNS.
MR. SUN POINTED OUT THAT HIS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO AWARE OF THE FACT THAT SINCE ETV HAS BEEN ON THE AIR FOR THREE FULL ACADEMIC YEARS, BOTH THE TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYED AND THE - INFORMATION CARRIED IN THE PROGRAMMES PRODUCED IN THE PAST MIGHT DE OUT OF DATE.
+TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION, WE HAVE TRIED TO REMAKE ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF THE OLD PROGRAMMES FOR EACH PRIMARY CLASS EVERY YEAR. IN FACT, WE ARE 'ALSO PLANNING TO REMAKE THE WHOLE OF OUR FIRST · YEAR PROGRAMMES FOR PRIMARY TIREE STUDENTS IN 1975, HE ADDED.
HE ALSO REVEALED THAT THERE arg PlanS TO EXTEND THE ETV PROGRAMMES TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL SECTOR DY 1976 AND THAT THE ESTIMATED TARGET AUDIENCE WILL BE MORE THAN 500,000.
+THESE ARE UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT AND A DECISION IS EXPECTED SHORTLY. HE SAID.
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