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Tokyo. Through these visits, Hong Kong's youth orchestral and band members were able to demonstrate their achievements to a much wider audience.
Another major activity of the Music Office is the 'Music for the Millions' concert programme, the purpose of which is to introduce music to new audiences. These concerts are given by the Music Office Instructors' Orchestras, bands and ensembles and are held in schools, playgrounds, factories, hospitals, shopping malls and community halls. In all, 316 concerts were staged, with audiences totalling 215 751.
As in the past six years, the Music Office again organised a Youth Music Camp from July 12 to 27. For the third successive year, the Music Camp was held at the Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp and over 600 young musicians were able to benefit from the expert tuition provided by eight musicians from China, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Overseas campers who took part in the 1986 Music Camp included six young musicians from South Korea and three from Singapore. The 1986 Youth Chinese Music Festival was held in November, and in December a 60-member youth symphonic band from Japan joined with local participants in the 1986 Hong Kong Youth Band Festival.
Hong Kong Jockey Club Music Fund
Established in December 1979 with a donation of $10 million from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music Fund is a non-statutory trust fund founded for the promotion and development of music, dance and other related activities. The fund is administered by a board of trustees comprising 10 members. By the end of the year, grants and scholarships totalling $7.6 million had been paid from the fund: 82 scholarships and 802 grants were disbursed, enabling the young people to study music locally or abroad and assisting local schools and organisations to acquire musical instruments and dance equipment.
In considering applications for scholarships, due emphasis was given to the applicant's aptitude and potential for further training. As for grants, applicant bodies embarking on worthwhile and deserving projects to promote music or dance were given either full or partial support.
Books Registration Office
The Books Registration Office of the Municipal Services Branch of the Government Secretariat registers books printed or published in Hong Kong under the Books Registra- tion Ordinance. In 1986, the office registered a total of 6 490 books comprising 2 722 in Chinese, 3 657 in English, and 111 in languages other than Chinese and English during the year. This represented a net increase of 551 books or 9.5 per cent over that of the previous year.
The Books Registration Office also acts as the Hong Kong agent for the International Standard Book Numbering System. During the Year, 88 publishing houses, as compared to 69 in previous year, applied for ISBN codes for use in the printing of the new publications.
Antiquities and Monuments Office
The Antiquities Advisory Board was established in 1977 under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance. It is responsible for advising the Antiquities Authority on matters relating to the preservation of Hong Kong's historical and archaeological heritage. The membership of the board is drawn from various disciplines such as archaeology, history, architecture and engineering.