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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1974.
DEATH OF MR. GEOFFREY WEEKS
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RADIO HONG KONG'S CONTROLLER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES, MR. GEOFFREY WEEKS, COLLAPSED AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT KELLETT ROAD, THIS AFTERNOON.
HE WAS 52.
MR. WEEKS CAME TO RAD 10 HONG KONG AFTER SERVICE AS AN ANNOUNCER AND NEWSREADER WITH ALL INDIA RADIO, THE MALAYAN BROADCASTING DEPARTMENT AND THE B.B.C.
THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING. MR. JAMES HAWTHORNE, DESCRIBED HIM AS A SUPERB BROADCASTER BY ANY STANDARDS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD.
HE WAS ALSO A FIRST-CLASS ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAD A GREAT · GIFT FOR GETTING ON WITH PEOPLE, AND WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH HIM.
BESIDES BEING ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN BROADCASTERS IN HONG KONG, GEOFFREY WEEKS HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH ENGLISH-LANGUAGE THEATRE AS AN ACTOR AND PRODUCER THROUGHOUT HIS TWELVE YEARS HERE.
DETAILS OF HIS FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED
LATER.
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