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St. John's Cathedral.

Programmes of Christmas Music included a relay of the carol concert given by the Choir of St. John's Cathedral in the presence of H.E. the Governor on the steps of Government House, and a recording by the B.B.C. of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols made in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. At Easter in addition to the Good Friday and Easter Sunday Services, The Way of the Cross was relayed, from the Roman Catholic Cathedral and there was a broadcast of "The Crucifixion" by Stainer sung by the choir and con- gregation of St. John's Cathedral.

83. Special services were broadcast on the occasions of Remembrance Sunday, Battle of Britain Sunday and Salvation Army Day, and there was a relay of the public meeting held by Dr. Billy Graham, the American evanglist, in the Caroline Hill Stadium and attended by a crowd of over 20,000. This broad- cast was shared by the Chinese and English Services, with commentaries given in both languages.

For the Younger Listener

84. Apart from the request programmes and similar light entertainment features which continued to hold universal appeal for the younger listeners, there were regular weekly sessions set aside for them and presented by a number of local "Aunts" and "Uncles". The content of these programmes varied from songs and stories for the very young to the people with strange and interesting jobs and hobbies who talked about themselves in the programmes for teenagers. These locally presented programmes were supplemented by suitable B.B.C. Transcriptions.

An inter-school quiz on knock-out tournament lines was organized among English secondary schools as a joint operation with the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Some twelve schools entered for the competition, which was still in progress at the year's end. A companion series was organized to run simultaneously in the Chinese service.

Young music lovers were specially catered for in a number of new programmes launched during the year (Para. 62).

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