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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1952

The Hong Kong Times is an extreme right wing paper in Chinese, expressing the views of the Nationalist Government in Formosa. The Chi Yin Daily News and New Life Evening Post are popular, though some- what sensational newspapers. Since the sedition trial last May the newspapers of the extreme left have adopted a more moderate tone; they are the Ta Kung Pao, the New Evening Post and the Wen Wei Pao.

In the periodical field the weekly Far Eastern Economic Review has a public beyond the confines of the Colony. The Orient, a monthly magazine specializing in Asian political and cultural affairs, also has a wide circulation outside the Colony. Founded in 1950, it is deservedly growing in popularity, and both the contents and appearance are steadily impro- ving. Orient began to appear in a full colour cover during the year. A newcomer, more parochial in appeal, but of high quality of content, is Outlook, the first number of which was published in July.

Outstanding among Chinese periodicals are the weekly East Pictorial, an independent journal, and the monthly Four Seas Pictorial published with the back- ing of the United States Information Service. Both are popular picture magazines in the modern manner and both are designed to appeal to the overseas Chinese communities of South-East Asia.

The visit of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her son the Duke of Kent, at the end of October, gave the press of the Colony the single biggest local news story of the year. Elaborate arrangements were made to enable the press to cover Her Royal Highness' many public arrangements and, for the first time in the Colony's press history, leading newspapers and news agencies co-operated with the Public Relations Office in the operation of a photographic 'pool'. This

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