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author of one of Radio Hongkong's plays this week Eric Meredith spent a period is a Hongkong man. of the last war as a guest of the Japanese in North Borneo and one of the results of his efforts to while away those otherwise idle months is this piece

he's called of semi-bedroom comedy which Search of A Wife.'

to

9.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS, SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

& SPORTS RESULTS. 9.13 PROGRAMME PARADE. 9.25 MARCH.

1

Wales.

9.23 REVIEW OF THE HONGKONG POLICE FORCE AND AUXI- LIARIES—By H.E. the Gover- nor Sir Rober: Black K.C.M.G.. OBE. Descmption of the scene at the Government Stadium by Ted Thomas. 10.13 YOUTH MAKES MUSIC-Na- tional Youth Orchestra cf

SUNGS-Robert Shaw

ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL-- Prescher: Mr D. Lancashire. p.m. SUNDAY SELECTION-A family request programme. pre rented by Pat Nan.

SIGNAL RHYTHM WITH CARMEN CAVALLARO AT THE PIANO.

10.43 FOLK 11.00 SERVICE FROM

12.15

Crai

1.00 TIME "In

Produced for the Hongkong movements from the Duet No. 1 Stage Club by Pat Egan it goes for Violin and Viola, K.423. on the air on Wednesday night at 9.15. (The Meredith family has one way and another con. tributed Its share of talent Radio Hongkong's dramatic pro grammes: for Eric Meredith is in fact the father of Michel recently played Hamlet in Festival of the Arts production of Shakespeare's tragedy.)

Another local production to watch out for this week is the Garrison Players' presentation of Austin Stone's play "A Pearl In the Hand" on Monday night

at 9.15.

who the

"How much money will I need if I attend a University Course In England? ... What sort of assistance can I expect from the Hongkong Students' Office In London

?" These and a number of other questions likely to be asked by Hongkong students about to apply for en- trance to United Kingdom Uni- versities will be put to Mr G. P. Ferguson, Director of the Office In London, when Ron Oliphant Interviews him this evening at 8.15.

Many listeners will have heard and enjoyed the pleasant half hour of entertainment provided by guitarist Linda Parker last week.

This visitor from Austra- Ila who sings, to her own guitar, folk songs from all parts of the world, and who is at present visiting Hongkong, will be back on Friday at 7.45 p.m. with an- other thirty minutes of songs.

"The Recruiting Sergeant" at 9.45 on Thursday night Is an opera in one act by Charles Did- din with words by Isaac Bicker- staffe.

When it was first produced In the late 1700's it was described In the score as a 'new musical entertainment perform'd with

universal applause." The opera is set in a village street outside an alehouse and the simple story tells of a Countryman who de- cides to enlist in order to get away from his nagging wife and mother... until the Recruiting Sergeant has finished his eulogies about the charms of bat- tle, the flying heads and limbs, the groans of soldiers dying, etc. etc, and the Countryman decides he'd rather stay at home after all.

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As in the case of this week's drama, the recital from the studio сп Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. is Interesting In that it in. cludes music written by one of musicians, Hongkong's Harry Ore. Professor Ore is well. known to local listeners 13 a planist, both as a performer and In his teaching capacity. It is perhaps not such common know- ledge that he is also a composer. The first work in the recital on

Tomorrow morning His Ex-

the cellency

Governor, Sir Robert Black, will be attending the Annual Review of the Hong-

kong Police at the Government Stadium. At 0928 Radio Hong- kong goes over to the Stadium where from high above the main stands commentator Ted Thomas will describe the scene as His Excellency arrives by car to start the annual review of the Hong- kong Police and Police Auxi. Baries, this broadcast will in- clude the presentation of medals. and the address by His Excel- lency.

12.30 p.m.

Today

MARCHING WITH THE GUARDS—The bard of HM. inth Guarda.

1.00 TIME SIGNAL, RAY ELLING - TON AND HIS QUARTET. 113 WEATHER REPORT. 1.15 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS &

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1.30 LUNCHTIME MUSIC-Overture "Le Carnaval Romain" Op. 9: Menuet Des Follets; Ballet des Stylphes; Marche Hongroise (from "Le

Damestion de Faust")-L'Orchestre Des Con- certs Lamoureux. cand. by Willem Van Otterloo, Hejre Kati (Hubay); First Extracte from "Raymonda" (Glazounov) -Dorald Voorhees and

Symphony Orch.

2.00 ROBERTA"-Jerome

music from the filmm

his

Kern's

2.30 RAY'S A LAUGH-With Ted Ray, Kitty Bluett and Kenneth

素

Commor. (Repeat of last Thurs- day's broadcast).

3.00 IN A

MOOD.

LATIN AMERICAN

1.30 WE SING FOR YOU. 4.00 MUSIC FOR TEA-TIME. 4.30 THIRTY-MINUTE THEATRE-

"He couldn't help laughing" by Aichael Brett, produced by Pat Egan, for the Hongkong Stage Club. (Repeat of last Wed- nesday's broadcast.) Cast:- Stella-June Ellott: George Maxwell-Len Dunning:

Fre derick Elton-Noel de Guin.

1.13 WEATHER REPORT.

1.15 TIME SIGNAAL. THE NEWS &

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1.30 "ENCOURE" - Famous

played by famous arts- Artur Rubinstein. 2.00 THE ARCHERS-An everyday

story of country life in

End- land

2.15 SCOTTISH DANCE MUSIC-

In Powrie and his bind 3.00 HOME AND HOSPITAL RE- QUESTS-Presented by Jenni-

fer

4.00 MUSIC FOR TEA TIME. 4.39 “SIMON AND LAURA”—With

Moira Lister. Hugh Burden and James Hayter.

5.00 "TWILIGHT TIME" - With Sandy Macpherson at the BBC Theatre Orgin.

5:

3.30 WIND IN THE WILLOWS-By Kenneth Graham, pirt

Toad's Adventures." 6.04 POPULAR ORCHESTRAL CON- CERT Overture: "May Night" Rimsky-Korsakov) - London Symphony Ore stra, cord by Anatole Fistoulari: Guitar Con- certo (Rodrigo-Narciso Yeyes (guitar) with The National Orchestra of Spain cond. by Ataulfo Argenta.

6.30 FORCES' ÉVENING SERVICE -Conducted by The Rev. P. Mallett C.F.

6.58 WEATHER REPORT. 7.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS. 7.10 HOME NEWS PROM BRITAIN, 7.13 REITH LECTURES-The In-

dividual and The Universa” by Professor A.C.B. Lovell F.R.S. OBE No. 4: "Astronomy and The State."*

7.45 AS TIME GOES BY-Music of pre-war days, presented by Michael Bulmer.

8.13 BOOK SHOP "Salling Boats" by Ufa Fox, reviewed by Ted Thomas.

8.30 THUD AND BLUNDER-A comedy Ferial by John Jowett, with Naunton Wayne. Part 4: "A Nasty Lie."

8.33 WEATHER REPORT. 9.00 TIME

SIGNAL,

COMMENTARY.

NEWS

9.13 VOICES FROM THE PAST

SPORTSMEN.

9.30 SUNDAY CONCERT — Romeo and Juliet-Fantasy Overtures (Tchaikovsky) - Eduard Van Beinum conducting the London Philharmonic Orch: Piano con- certo in E flat—(John Ireland): 1st Mov. In Tempo moderato: 2nd Mov. Lento espressivo- Allegro piccoro Colón "Horsley (Plaño) with the Royal Phil- harmonic Orch. conducted by Basil Cameron: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 13—(The new world)—Dvorak: 1st Mov.-

2nd Adagio Allegro;

Mov Largo: 3rd 3loy. Scherzo (Molto vivace): 4th Mov.-Allegro con

gand: Henry Mellowes George, 10.58 WEATHER REPORT. Ramage: Sarah Mellowes 11.00 TIME SIGNAL, RADIO NEWS- Margaret Higgins: Judith Mel- Jowes-Ray Romer.

5.00 UNIT REQUESTS - Calling:- H.MS. Cardigan Bay, presént- ed by Nancy Wise.

6.00 THE GOON SHOW-The policy.

Repeat serica),

song-a-

and

4.30 SING IT AGAIN-A

minute sequence of old new favourites. 6.58 WEATHER REPORT. 7.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS. 7.10 COMMENTARY. 7.15 IF I HAD MY WAY-A

pro-

gramme in which regular con- tributors of Radio Hongkong chose and present the records they would play if they had their own way. This week's contributor: Mary Houri.

WEEK-Compiled Ted Thomas. introduced Timothy Birch.

7.43 THIS

by

by

8.15 UNIVERSITY COURSES IN

ENGLAND

8.34 SPORTSCAST. 8.58 WEATHER REPORT. 9.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS &

HOME NEWS FROM BRITAIN. 9.15 ANNA KARENINA-BY Leo

Tolstoy adapted for the Radio by H. Oldfield Box. 9.45 HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR. 10.15 STRING ALONG WITH BILL -A Saturday night rendezvous with Bill Dorward.

10.33 WEATHER REPORT. 11.00 TIME SIGNAL, BADIO NEWS-

REEL.

11.15 DANCE DATE.

Sunday

Wednesday by Arrigo Foa and 11.30 CLOSE DOWN. Ely Alves is his set of four sketches for violin and viola, "The Four Temperamenta of Men"-these he has called the Choleric, the Melancholic, the Phlegmatic, and the Languinic. This is the first time the work has been performed. Also In. cluded in the recital are two

REEL

11.15 EPILOGUE — Second Sunday

after advent from St Martin' in the felős. Orden interhala- Toccata (J. Griser)-Fike Asma (OTKAB). 11.30 CLOSE DOWN.

Monday

7.00 am. TIME SIGNAL, MARCH.

TOP OF THE MORN. 7.13 NEWS SUMMARY. 1.45 WEATHER REPORT. 7.55 DIARY POR TODAY. 1.58 WEATHER REPORT. 1.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS. 8.10 PROGRAMME PARADE 3.15 MONDAY MORNING MUSIC. 9.00 CLOSE DOWN. 12.30 pm. "APERITIF.””

1.00 TIME SIGNAL.

1.13 WEATHER REPORT. 1.13 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS &

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 130 WALTZ TIME-Symphony Or- chestra cond. by Gilbert Vinter.

2.00 CLOSE DOWN.

3.30 FOR THE VERY YOUNG-

Compiled by Mavis. 3.43 WAR UN MALARIA”—Final of three talks "The Cost and the Reward."

6.00 BBC JAZZ CLUB-Mick Mulli- gan and his band with George Melly.

630 THE ARCHERS—An everyday story of country life in Eng-

Ricci

land

6.45 VIRTUOSO”—Ruggiero

(violin).

6.38 WEATHER REPORT.

WEA- 7.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS.

3.00 a.m. TIME SIGNAL,

TIER REPORT, SUNDAY STRING SONG. $53 WEATHER REPORT.

7.15 COCKTAIL TIME,

7.30 LONDON CALLING. 8.00 BEYOND OUR KEN-Starring

Kenneth Horze.

1.30 THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA-Played by First Desk Men of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. David Rat- dolph (narrator), No 2: "The Woodwind Instruments. 3.33 WEATHER REPORT. 9.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS & HOME NEWS FROM BRITAIN. 9.13 "A PEARL IN THE HAND”— -The Garrison players, producer: Helen Brown, Asst. producer; Ellen Watǝ0.

HALF HOUR- (Repeat of last broideast) (fall. 10.33 WEATHER REPORT. 11.00 TIME SIGNAL, RADIO NEWS→

REEL.

10.30 HANCOCK'S

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7.19 COMMENTARY. 7.15 LUCKY DIP -Presected by

Mary

8.13 TAKE IT FRƠM HIRE-With Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, and June Whiffled. 8.43 LETTER FROM AMERICA-BY

Alistair Cooke

8.53 WEATHER RIPORT, 9.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS & HOME NEWS FROM BRITAIN. THROUGH 9.13 ENGLISH PROSE

THE CENTURIES—Ar logy. compiled by Hugh Sykes Davies. Narrator: Alex Chines 19.13 "VOICES

HARMONT.”— Popular Music by Close Ear- mony

the Singers "Son cf Pioniers"

IN Saturday's

11.13 MUSIC IN A QUIET MOOD. 11.30 CLOSE DOWN.

Tuesday

7.00 a.m. TIME SIGNAL, MARCH,

MELODY ON THE MOVE. 7.13 NEWS SUMMARY. 7.45 WEATHER KEPORT. 755 DIARY FOR TODAY. 733 WEATHER REPORT 8.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS. 8.15 TUESDAY'S TUNES.

833 REPEAT HEADLINES, WEA-

THER REPORT.

9.00 CLOSE DOWN.

12.13 p.m. MID-DAY__PRAYERS—By

the Rev. J. E. Sandbach. 12.30 BANDBOX.

1.00 TIME SIGNAL.

1J3 WEATHER REPORT.

1.15 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS &

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1.30 LUNCHTIME MUSIC. 2.60 CLOSE DOWN.

3.30 FOR THE VEXY YOUNG-

Complied by Mavis.

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3.45 LET'S JOIN IN - "Puppets' Moon" (A BBC broadcast schools) by Marjorie Gore. 6.00 TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC -With Robbie Britico and Peter Love (vocal).

8.30 THE ARCHERS—An everyday story of country life in Eng- land.

6.45 FROM THE WEEKLIES. 6.58 WEATHER REPORT.

7.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS.

World's

10.13 KEYBOARD CAVALCADE -

Jan August,

10.53 WEATHER REPORT.

11.00 TIME SIGNAL, RADIO NEWS-

PEEL.

11.13 AND SO TO BED. 1120 CLOSE DOWN.

Wednesday

7.00 am. TIME SIGNAL. MARCH.

RISING NOTES. A

7.13 NEWS SUMMARY.

7.45 WEATHER REPORT. 753 DIARY POR TODAY. 7.38 WEATHER REPORT.

1.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS. 810 PROGRAMME PARADE. 8.15 MID-WEEK MELODIES. 3.39 REPEAT HEADLINES. WEA-

THER EXPORT.

9.00 CLOSE DOWN.

12.30 pm. STAGE AND

SCREEN

MELODIES "The Kitz and J' (Hawaierstpin Rodgers).

1.00 TIME SIGNAL.

1.13 WEATHER KEPORI.

1.15 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEW; &

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1.30 BBC CONCERT OECHESTRA—

Conducted by Vilers TRUNY and Robert Fareon. 1.30 CLOSE DOWN.

1.30 FOR THE VERY YOUNG

Core Bed by Mavis. 5.43 "EXPLORATIUN” — Scientif

research, development and actúevrorent

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