by Tim Brinton; and a report by Donald Brooks on the run-down of H.M. Dockyard and measures being taken to find other employment for dockyard workers.
Ted Thomas produced a monthly series, looking back at events which happened 'Just a Year Ago'; and in the realm of the arts Manila Midnight' by Timothy Birch gave a picture in words and music of that city's busy night life; 'Festival Fare' by Tim Brinton gave a preview of events in the Hong Kong Festival of the Arts.
·MAGAZINE PROGRAMMES AND TALKS
81. The regular weekly programmes of the previous year were continued. 'This Week', a programme built up around interviews and actuality descriptions with four or five different news items per week; 'Motoring Magazine', with its monthly road tests on new cars and lively discussions of problems of the moment to motoring enthusiasts; 'Women Only', a weekly programme with its items of interest to women; ‘Sports Cavalcade', covering the Colony's sporting events; and Movie Magazine', a fortnightly programme for film-goers.
82. There were several new programmes during the year, notably 'Patchwork' which started a fortnightly run in January. This programme is a 'pot pourri' combining light entertainment and comment on the arts and on everyday affairs in Hong Kong, produced by Gillian Durling. 'Anthology', a new programme on literature, compiled by Peter Duval Smith, included book reviews, discussions on literary subjects, and Hong Kong writers reading their own work. A combination of poetry and music, 'The Livelong Day', was produced by Ronald Decent; and 'Your Weekend', on Friday evenings, gave details of entertainments and sporting events.
83. In October ‘Going to the Pictures', a critical programme for film-goers, was replaced by 'The Critics' which took a broader field and discussed, as well as new films,
new films, stage plays, concerts and art exhibitions. It was interesting to discover that Hong Kong's artistic life was healthy enough for this programme to be still running at the end of the year under review.
84. Book reviews were broadcast regularly, most of the books being obtained from the publishers with the assistance of the British Council. Miss Janet Tomblin of the Council broadcast a very useful series, 'Students Guide', for the assistance of Hong Kong students going to Britain for the first time.
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