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BREAKTHROUGH: Sated with the super-saccharine strains of Mandarin pop, Hong Kong turns back to western folk and pop tunes. Groups such as the Carpenters inspire locally recorded cover versions from the likes of the Wynners ("Feelings" and "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen") and TV heartthrob Sam Hui ("Time in a Bottle"). By the end of the decade, though, a true Hong Kong entertainment style blossoms. As TV sets spread to nearly every home, soap operas are all the rage, and their theme songs instant hits. Some of the biggies: the theme for Mad Tides by the androgynous Roman Tam and the one for Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber by actor-singer Adam Cheng. A breakthrough comes in 1976, with the release of the Hui Brothers' working-class comedy The Private Eyes. The catchy, sarcastic theme song, written by Sam Hui, begins to establish Canto-Pop as Hong Kong's voice.
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