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PRESS, BROADCASTING, FILMS AND TOURISM

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An analysis of studio operations showed the following breakdown of programme sources:

Chinese Service

English Service

Commercial records

41%

Commercial records

57%

Studio (live and pre-

recorded)

Studio (live and pre-

43%

recorded)

12%

Outside broadcasts

8%

Transcriptions

17%

Radio relays

7%

Radio relays

11%

Transcriptions

1%

Outside broadcasts .........

3%

Although there was no significant change in the number of recordings produced compared with the previous year, the hours worked in recording channels showed a sharp rise. This is due to an increase in the number of magazine-type programmes which require tape editing.

An innovation made during the year to improve technical facilities for dramatic productions was the addition of an echo control circuit in the Concert Hall. Special microphone wiring in the control booths was installed in the new Legis- lative Council Chamber.

REDIFFUSION

Rediffusion (H.K.) Ltd. provides a popular wired broad- cast service throughout the Colony, extending to outlying regions of Pokfulam, Aberdeen, Stanley, Repulse Bay on the island, and to Tsuen Wan, Un Long, Tai Po, Fan Ling, Sek Kong, Sheung Shui and Sha Tin on the mainland. At present the system embraces more than 1,000,000 yards of main trunk network cable and approximately 2,500,000 yards of subscribers' installation cabling. Distribution is from three sub-stations, feeding 20 kiosks from which 108 feeders radiate to approximately 62,000 Rediffusion loudspeakers.

Programmes are originated in Rediffusion House from modern air-conditioned studios and provide three simultane- ous programmes between 7.00 a.m. to midnight daily, two networks (Gold and Silver) in Chinese and one (Blue) in