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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

BROADCASTING COMMITTEE'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1937

Rapid Development In Hong Kong

SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL

|bé obviously impossible to fil', the

programme with living artists alone.

忄

We therefore have to rely very largely OD

.. SCHEDULE A

Scale of Increase of Licences Since 1929

1929 (545) 1930 (1.508); 1931

Kramophoné records (1,788); 1932 (7,460);· 1933 (9,278); and, I am happy to report, satis-1934 (4,201); 1935 (5,104); ̈· 1938 factory agreements have been(7,038); 1937 (8,539), made both with the Phonographic Industries and ... the Performing

TALKS Right Bociety, and also with the

ARE PLANNED BASED ON B.B.C.

...

Broadcasting in Hong Kong has been developed perhaps even more rapidly than elsewhere. Its present potonilalities, power, and status lead me to belleve that an estimate of its position not only would be of interest to, but is required, both by Government and the public, especially as next June will mark the close of the first decade of its existence, states the report of the Hong Kong Broadcasting Committee for the year 1937, signed by the Chairman, Mr. E.L Wynne-Jones.

In the first place. I can recording 1937, to save a certain. sum of with pride that from 545 licences money.

local distributors, which enable us

SCHEDULE B

SUCCESSFUL TENDERS

The following names of success-

tul tenderers are notified in the.

Report on Transmission for the Government Gazette:

Year 1937 EUROPEAN

Messrs. Ching Hing Construction Company-far construction of see wall at Tai Wan;

Messrs. Hume Pipe (Far East)

to present a suficiently varied Hours

OX transmission from nirid up-to-date programme Of ZBW were 23 followsJanuary music and variety. The allocation (136); February (166); March Limited and Messrs. Glenfield and of time to the various parts of our182); April (187); May (1984): Kennedy Ltd for the supply of programme is shown in Schedule June (1734) July (183); Angust mild steel pipes and specials for (1824) September (184); October supplies za Albany and Peak 19(2004) November (1913); Decem- Road:

ber (1991).

Mesars, Jardine Engineering Cor- Total Hours. 2,242).

poration Ltd.-for air condition- Hours of transmission from ZEKing Theatre. Kowloon Hospital

Our broadcasting system Served by three transmitters, ZBW. on. 355 metres, zink on 469 inetres, and ZBW3 on short waves.

aw. with an aerial power of two were as follows:- kilowatts, is used mainly fox ·January (23)); February (344); In 1939 "we have registered 8,539 In December, 1937, we therefore European programines, but Chinese March (35) April (37}); · May during the twelve months ending enlarged the studios by the addi-grammes are also transmitted (254); June (24); July (271); AU-

several times a week The main ust 627): September (27): Octo 31st December, 1937. The growth tion of 3 studio, waiting-room. during the first nine years is control room and bances for the transmitter for Chinese program ber (23); November (201); De- shown in Schedule A. This of use of the Chinese section. We meals Zisk, of rather less power

cember (281). than 2BW. Experiments are course does not represent in any have also increased, in spite of way the total number of listeners difficulties. the Chinese program power of ZEK

hand with a view to increasing thei Apart from the number of Hong mes by the provision of a special Kong citizens who avoid the pay-orchestra and the daily transla- ment of licences, there are those tion, and announcement in neighbouring countries whom Chinese, of the Reuter Press. by International courtesy we wel- come as listeners. Such a varied

HELP OF B.B.C.

MARRIAGES AT REGISTRY

Two marriages were solemnised Total Hours. 317.

at the Registry, Supreme Court, During the year 1937 the follow- ] on Saturday, Mr. W. Aneurin ing items were broadcast, as com-Jonse. Deputy Registrar. of Marri- parison with 1936 shewn herewith: ages, officiating in both cases.

1937 1936 Miss Elena" Mikhailovna Dra-

Dance Programmes anİ

Europear.

ог ZBW.

Varlety.....

584 Studio Concerts

240 Local Relays (Including

Church Services)

----... 494 Running commentaries and 8port talks ........ Daventry Relays (M-

cluding News) Talks

gavtseva, of Shanghai, was marri- 248 ed to Mr. Aage Emil Bosselman, 953 of Hankow, and Miss Lien Fung- yee, of No. 33, Jordan Road, Kow- 382 loon, was married to Mr. Sham Kwok-fai, dresser at the Kowloon 8 Hospital residing at No. 21, Hau

Wong Road.

$83

ANNOUNCEMENTS

804

45 115 Children's 'Concerts

52 52 Remainder of programime was made up of gramophone records. Lieutenant Charles Edward

The following forthcoming mar- riages are announced:

CHINESE

Stuart, Basil St. George Beal, Hours of transmission from of HM. Ship Otus, and Miss ZBW were as followg;—

Isabelle McKenzie- Morrison Hol-,

*** APPRECIATIVE LETTERS

The short wave ZBWS with zerlal power of 21 kilowatts EDUCATIONAL TALKS ' radiates the. same Further plans are : hand to Chinese programme audience requires a very special establish a regular series of educa-Transmissions of ZBW3 are menu so we in Broadcasting en-tional talka on various subjects of ceived throughout the whole deavour year by year to better the interest based on the educational world, and have brought in many presentation, variety and quality programme of the B.B.C. I am thousands of appreciative letters of our fare. In this respect Iconadent that this extension will from isteners. must gratefully acknowledge the be welcomed by our Chinese Us. During the period when so many patient and sympathetic help ofteners and lead to & still more refugees came to the Colony from my Committee.

rapid increase in the numbers of Shanghai, we instituted a service licences taken out. All this costs of 808. messages to assist in But we would find it very dif-money, but as everyone knows. It helping the refugees and their cult to carry on except for the is poor economy to stint the grow-friends to get into touch with each. help of the B.B.C. and Its Empire ing child.

other. About 1,000 of these mes- Programmes which we are allowed. During the course of the year sages were broadcast and about 80 to relay, and we were fortunate Jour permanent staff was strength-or 90 per cent. were effective. January (91) February (884); land, residing at No. 8 Minden this year to be honoured by a visit ened by the engagement of Mr. A. The very first message of this kind March (95); April (918); May Avenue, Bergeant Ronald Edward by the Director of Empire Broad-T Lay as Secretary and Pro-put over the air was replied to by (94); June (923); July (96); Au- Davis, of the Royal Artillery, sta- casting, Mr. J. B. Clark, with gramme Director. The Chinese telephone wilhin 90 seconds. gust (96); September (93); Octo-toned Wellington Barracks, whom we exchanged broadsides of side has been under the able direc- Towards the latter part of the ber (964): November (91); De Hong Kong, and Miss Elsebeth compliments. complaints and cri-tion of Mr. S. C. Lau.

vear, this station was called upon cember (83).

Ruth Annette Rose, residing at ticisms. As a result, a much better CONSIDERABLE TALENT to undertake certain experiments Total Hours, 1,1097.

No. 99. Leighton Hill. Road, understanding has been obtained It is the aim of the Committee in the broadcasting of Air Raid Hours of transmission. from between this station and the to maintain An ever increasing Alarms. These appeared to be ZEK were as follows:- B.B.C., and I am confident that standard of performance" and we quite successful, at least as an January (59); February (48)': our listeners will beneft thereby are fortunate in this Colony that auxiliary method, but the Commit- March (564); April (55); May (59): parison with 1936 shown herewith: We ourselves have not been idle, despite the smallness of the com- tee are of the opinion that this June (55); · July (59); "August In spite of the fact that Govern-munity, we have had, and appear method should only be regarded (573); September (551); October Studio. Concerts ment found itself unable to grant to be attracting still more, local as an auxiliary one and that: Its (60); November (564); December Relays us the full amount of subsidy for artists of considerable talent chief value will be in the psycho- | (87). which we asked in the 1938 There is no doubt that a well pre- logical effect of the rapid trans- estimates, by the exercise of very sented studio item. has more femission of warnings, news and ad-

· strict economy.we were able dur-[than a recorded stem but 16 would vice in the event of Air Raids.

Talks

1937 1938

215 110

72 81

174 69

Total Houma, 708,-

Children's Concerts ... 98 During the year 1837 the follow- Remainder of programme" was ing items were broadcast, in com-made up of gramophone. records.

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