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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978

R.T.H.K. CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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ABOUT 300 PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON ATTENDED A COCKTAIL RECEPTION AT RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG TO MARK THE STATION'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

AMONG THOSE PRESENT WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND URBAN COUNCILS, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, JOURNALISTS AND BROADCASTING EXECUTIVES,

ALSO PRESENT WAS MRS. JOAN YOUNG-HUSBAND WHO WAS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE STAFF TO BE EMPLOYED BY THE STATION.

IN A SPEECH, THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR. DONALD KERR, PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATION IN ITS EARLY STAGES.

HE SAID THEY WERE ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEURS WHO LEARNED A NEW FORM OF COMMUNICATION AND PROVIDED A SOUND BASIS FOR A STATION, WHICH IS AMONG THE LONGEST ESTABLISHED IN THE WORLD.

+THROUGH THEM WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP GENERATIONS OF TALENT THAT HAS RESULTED IN A REMARKABLY RICH VARIETY OF CHOICES ACROSS FIVE RADIO CHANNELS,+ MR. KERR SAID.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE MR. KERR SAID R.T.H.K. HOPED TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE FOR A BETTER EDUCATED, MORE DISCRIMINATORY AUDIENCE.

SIR DENYS LATER UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OCCASION.

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