In terms of the evolution of pop music, Cheung Man Sun of Radio 2 of Radio Television Hongkong points out that in the 1950's Hongkong was very poor. Few people had radios, and fewer listened to pop music; most stuck with Cantonese opera.
以流行歌的發展而言，香港電台台長張文新表示，在一九五○年代，香港很窮、有收音機的人不多，一般人不聽流行歌，只看廣東大戲。