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PUBLICATIONS, BROADCASTING AND FILMS

Hong Kong. Extensive use is made of the high quality programmes provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation's Transcription Service. Radio Canada, Radio Australia, the Voice of America and the United Nations Radio also supplied valuable material.

In the English schedules serious music, talks and plays occupy much time. Light music productions also increased in number during the year and many of Hong Kong's well-known dance bands were broadcast either in studio productions or direct from night- clubs.

The daily news magazine 'Today' has included many famous names-usually, of course, as visitors to-Hong Kong. There have been interviews with Ben Shahn, the distinguished American painter, Art Linkletter, the television writer, Colin Jackson of the BBC, the late Dr Thomas Dooley, known for his medical work in Laos, Alfred Hitchcock, Ngaio Marsh, and Sir Harrie Massey, to name but a few. Many new variety and magazine programmes were introduced during the year, including the twice weekly 'Woman's World', and children's programmes have been extended. In addition to the regular relays of the BBC General Overseas Services bulle- tins, an extra news broadcast is now carried from Radio Australia each evening. Bulletins of world and Hong Kong news, compiled locally by the Information Services Department are broadcast twice a day.

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There has been a noticeable increase in the number of outside broadcasts during 1960, and all major sporting events have been covered by live commentaries. The most outstanding outside broad- cast of the year was undoubtedly the Macau Grand Prix. Radio Hong Kong's team consisted of no less than nineteen broadcasters and technicians. In addition there has been coverage of the Colony's principal ceremonies.

Prominent men and women who broadcast or gave recitals for Radio Hong Kong during the year included Nikita Magaloff, Alfredo Campoli, Ruggiero Ricci, Lord Kindersley, Lady Gammans, Ricky Nelson, Bernard Newman, Frank Sinatra, Art Buchwald, Richard Quine, Nancy Kwan, Mervin Le Roy, Ed Murrow, Jack Paar, George Montgomery, Lord Tedder, the Rt Hon Keith Holyoake, Prince Peter of Greece, Sir Evelyn Wrench,