12. The Chinese Service is designed to encompass as full a pro- gramme range as possible. There are programmes for the young, the old, the serious and the lighthearted listener. Considerable attention is paid to Chinese classical culture with frequent broadcasts of Chinese opera and verse, but at the same time the musical aspirations of the younger generation are encouraged and form part of many local variety productions.
STAFF
13. The staff of the Chinese Service consists of a Head of Pro- grammes, 11 producers, 4 Cantonese announcers and 3 Kuoyu announcers. The duties of the staff producers are allocated as follows: Chinese classical music and literature programmes.
Magazine and documentaries.
Variety and quiz programmes.
Presentation, talks and story-telling.
'Topical Events' and sporting broadcasts.
Film features and documentaries.
Drama and outside broadcasts.
Serial drama productions.
Light music and science features.
Talks and educational broadcasts.
Women and children's programmes.
DRAMA
14. Without doubt the most popular broadcasts from the Chinese Service are radio plays, either complete in themselves or as serials. Some forty productions are broadcast each week and to achieve this total requires considerable expertise on the part of the casts and pro- ducers alike; they also involve the most efficient use of the technical and library facilities.
15. Examples of longer plays were 'Sheung Ngor' which told the traditional story of the wife of an emperor who fled to the sky to become 'Goddess of the Moon', and the re-dramatization of the famous story of 'Lady Precious Stream-another folk tale beloved by Chinese listeners. Among serial productions of note were 'The Prisoner of Zenda', by Anthony HOPE, broadcast in 14 episodes, and 'Dramatized Folk Stories' which, being heard on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, totalled 138 programmes throughout the year.
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