series, with the positions reversed and illustrating possible points of poor manners by young men is in preparation.
49. For the older children, two sessions of radio plays were broad- cast each week. The stories were taken from English School textbooks currently in use.
50. A special announcement was made in the children's programme inviting younger people with talent to take part in a new variety show entitled "The Little Garden' (+), which started in September. Over two thousand children applied for an audition and about fifty were chosen as suitable for broadcasts.
51. Perhaps the most interesting childrens' programme produced during the year by the Chinese service was 'Drawing on the Air'. In this, young listeners were asked to try to draw what was being described to them over the radio. The aim of the programme was to encourage co-ordination between ear, brain, and hand and to encourage children to use their imagination as much as possible. A typical example was a street scene, which had a ‘zebra' crossing with a car in the fore-ground and a boy and his sister holding hands with their father whilst crossing the road. A flashing beacon in the back-ground was added to give colour. Having heard the basic requirements the child was then left to create his own design to bring out the main points of the story. The designer and judge of this programme was Mr. CHAN Tse-dor (73), a well known Hong Kong cartoonist. The winning pictures were published in the Tin Tin Yat Pao, a coloured newspaper, published every Friday. Nearly four hundred entries were received for the first programme, which was broadcast on September 6th, and the standard was remarkably high.
52. A regular feature for young listeners was a variety programme contributed by members of the Boy's and Girl's Clubs Association of Hong Kong. The telling of stories, singing and instrumental recitals, taking part in quizzes and other studio games all proved popular with cast and audience alike. The programme was broadcast on Friday at 6.30 p.m., and repeated the following morning at 11 a.m.
Films
53. Twice a day, for a period of half-an-hour, Radio Hong Kong reproduced the sound tracks of locally made films. On the average two films were dealt with each week. These broadcasts were particularly
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