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PART V

ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL

THE total number of staff employed in the department was forty-nine. of whom twenty-two were programme

programme staff, and the remainder executive, clerical and secretarial. In addition, 32 technical staff were employed by Cable and Wireless for broadcasting operations.

LICENCES

117. The annual fee for a receiving licence remains at $20, the issue of licences being the responsibility of the Postmaster General. A further increase in licences was recorded, the total standing at 66,134 on the 31st March, an increase of 5,615 or 8.49% over last year. The average number of listeners per radio set is reckoned as 7.3, the increase in licences representing, therefore, an increase in the total audience of over 40,000 and an increase of $112,300 in revenue. The following table shows the growth of radio licences in the past thirteen

years:

1946 1947

A

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

Chinese

Non-Chinese

Total

4,226

145

4,371

12,244

1,348

13,592

**

21,540

2,624

24,164

29,976

3,483

33,459

38,858

3,510

42,368

39,706

3,671

43,377

37,909

3,302

41,211

39,374

3,232

42,605

38,735

3,015

41,750

42,799

2,885

45,684

50,390

3.683

54,073

56,850

3,669

60,519

62,648

3,486

66,134

STAFF TRAINING

118. Two members of the programme staff, Mr. CHANG Han Piao of the Chinese Service, and Mr. T. A. Birch of the English Service, underwent training courses with the B.B.C.

119. These courses are of considerable benefit; they enable staff to see and use the latest equipment and technique in all types of programme production and enable the broadcasting operations of Radio Hong Kong to be seen in the wider perspective of the larger organization.

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