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amateur actors and singers, in addition to well-known artists who have performed excerpts from popular operas.

38. The weekly series of cultural features included dramatizations of events in China's history and biographies of famous historical characters.

39. The Government drive against drug addiction resulted in 'The Enemy of the Community', a documentary on the problem of narcotic drugs in the Colony.

40. In collaboration with the Labour Department, six features describing the formation and functions of a trade union were prepared and broadcast in March.

Variety

41. 'Workers' Playtime' is now in its fifth year, and has over eighty factories 'on its books'. As more factories provide facilities such as mess halls or recreation rooms, the demand for visits by the programme's artists has grown.

42. 'Down Your Way' came to an end during the year after three years on the air during which people from all walks of life came to the microphone; snake shop owners and beauty queens, firemen and university students, all talked about their lives and work and had their favourite music played.

43. The first radio variety show, 'Entertainment World', went on the air in May 1958. Since then there has been a considerable increase in the number of variety programmes, including the now popular 'This Crazy World', a fifteen minute show broadcast three times a week.

44. An amateur variety show which ran for eight weeks was pro- duced by members of the Adult Education and Recreation Centres, and in conjunction with the Police and Education Departments a series of quiz programmes on general knowledge and road safety was broadcast at the end of 1959.

45. Another well established variety show, 'Cabaret on the Air', featuring the best of the Colony's bands and singers, continued its weekly run and for listeners who felt the urge to do more than just listen to dance music, two series of dancing lessons were broadcast.

46. Parallel with 'Workers' Playtime' ran 'Happy Farmers', a weekly variety show which toured the New Territories and visited 45 villages with singers and musicians.

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