STAFF
26. The staff of the service was increased by one Translator. The Senior Programme Assistant, Mr. CHOW Nai Yeung, visited the United States at the invitation of the State Department and the U.S. Air Force. Mrs. CHAN Ho Chor Wan, Programme Assistant Class 2, attended a BBC Training Course in August.
PROGRAMMES GENERAL
27. Considerable effort was spent on the development of large scale productions in almost every field. It is not unusual for several months of preparation to be needed for these programmes, but the public response to them invariably proved the time and work involved to have been well spent. Among these projects were the coverage of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince Philip, to which reference has already been made, the 30th Anniversary of Radio Hong Kong, the Asian Games, variety shows, concerts of classical Chinese music, and children's programmes. These programmes were produced in addition to the established dramatic, musical, sports and entertainment programmes, the number of which remained the same as in last year.
30TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMMES
28. Eight special programmes were produced to commemorate the anniversary on the 30th June, 1958. A documentary programme ‘At Thirty, I Stood Firm', traced the history of the station and brought back to the microphone some of the artists and broadcasters of the past. From the Concert Hall came programmes of modern songs and Cantonese Opera by leading stars, a packed audience in the hall of Queen's College took part in broadcast variety show in Cantonese and another variety show was broadcast in Kuoyu. The blind artist, To Woon, composed a special 'Nam Yam', a folk song congratulating Radio Hong Kong on its birthday.
MUSIC
29. An event of considerable musical significance took place at the end of March, when a concert of Chinese classical music was recorded for later broadcasting before a packed audience in the hall of Queen's College. Two facts led to the production of this programme. For months, 'Beginners Please', the amateur talent show in which most of the contestants offered imitations of well-known western popular singers, had drawn huge audiences and the absence of any performers, instru-
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