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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 157

GOVERNMENT TV PROGRAMME POPULAR

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GOVERNMENT PRODUCED TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY WITH THE BELOW THE LION ROCK'' DRAMA SERIES STILL MAINTAINING ITS LEAD ON OTHER SIMILAR TV PRODUCTIONS.

THIS CANTONESE DRAMA SERIES NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR OF PRODUCTION, IS STILL THE MOST INFLUENTIAL DRAMA SERIES.

AUDIENCE FIGURES REMAIN CONSISTENTLY HIGH WITH A COMBINED AUDIENCE WELL OVER 2.3 MILLION. IT IS SEEN BY MORE HONG KONG PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE PROGRAMME.

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURVEY, ALTHOUGH THE WEEKLY EPISODE WAS SHOWN FIRST ON CTV AND RTV, TVE IN THIRD PLACE COULD CLAIM AN AUDIENCE FIGURE OF 1,505,000 MAKING IT THEIR SIXTH MOST POPULAR PROGRAMME.

AMONG THE THEMES TACKLED WERE DRUGS AND THE YOUNG, CORRUPTION, AND DIFFICULT SUBJECTS WHERE A MASS AUDIENCE NEEDED EDUCATING SUCH AS HAWKER CONTROL POLICY AND THE DANGER OF UNLICENSED FOOD CATERERS.

ONE OF ITS EPISODES ''SUNRISE, SUNSET”' KON A SPECIAL PRIZE AT THE ASIAN EROADCASTING UNION YOUNG FILM MAKERS FESTIVAL AT SHIRAZ IN TRAN.

ANOTHER POPULAR RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG PROGRAMME "'VIEWPOINT AND ANGLES', WHICH IS SCREENED NIGHTLY AFTER THE NEWS HAS A COMBINED AUDIENCE OF 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE.

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SCOUT NOVEMENT PRAISED

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THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN CHAMBERS, TODAY PRAISED THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE SCOUTING MOVEMENT IN SHAPING THE FUTURE AND BUILDING THE CHARACTER OF YOUTHS.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF OFFICE BEARER OF THE TAI PO (SOUTH) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION.

AFTER PRESENTING CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT TO LAY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MR. CHAMBERS SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE GROUP HAD MARKED UP SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SOCLT FOVEMENT

IN SUCH AREAS AS ORGANISATION TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.

+1 BELIEVE THAT THE SCOUT MOVEMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO SUCH PLACES AS TAI PO, WHERE THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUTHS, HE SAID.

+THIS IS BECAUSE THE MOVEMENT'S STRICT DISCIPLINE, LOFTY CONCEPT OF SERVING OTHERS AND THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TRAINING INVOLVED WILL BENEFIT THE YOUTHS TO A GREAT EXTENT IN SHAPING THEIR FUTURE AND BUILDING THEIR CHARACTERS.+