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88. Regular broadcasts were instituted of a series on inter- national collaboration supplied by United Nations Radio under the title "A family Affair" and programmes prepared for United Nations Day and World Health Day were also broadcast. Regular broadcasts were made of transcriptions supplied by The Voice of America, notably "The Hit Parade", and by Radio Australia, who started a new series entitled "Australian Magazine" recorded especially for Hong Kong listeners. Occasional transcribed programmes from Radio Nederland, Radio Canada and Radio Malaya were also broadcast. Arrangements were finalised for the re-broadcast of a series of Radio Malaya programmes from Malaya featuring the Radio Malaya Orchestra with Chinese singers.

PART V-TECHNICAL

General

89. Messrs. Cable and Wireless Ltd. continued to be responsible for the technical operation of Radio Hong Kong, and the studio centre remained on the sixth and seventh floors of the company's headquarter building, Elecrta House.

The Engineering services were fully engaged in meeting the increasing programme commitments. These took the form of more locally produced features and "magazine" type pro- grammes, and with a greater use of the recording process. A technical analysis of programmes made for the months November/January shows the use made of each source during the Winter schedule.

CHINESE SERVICE

1955

ENGLISH SERVICE

1955

Studio (including pre-

recordings)

52%

Studio (including pre-

recordings)

20%

Commercial Records

38%

Commercial Records

51%

Relays

5%

Relays

7%

Outside Broadcasts

5%

Outside Broadcasts

5%

Transcriptions

17%

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