SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1974
+THE GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, HOWEVER, CANNOT DO ALL THE COMMERCIAL TRAINING NEEDED.
THAT IS WHY WE RELY,
WIDZEME
TO A VERY LARGE EXTENT, ON THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED IN THE TEACHING OF THE COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS BY MANY PRIVATE AND ASSISTED SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER BODIES,+ MR. WATERS SAID.
HE CONGRATUALTED THE HONG KONG JAYCEETTES FOR THEIR ENTERPRISE AND FORESIGHT FOR ORGANISING THE COURSE DURING THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
MR. WATERS DISCLOSED THAT A NEW COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, IS SHORTLY TO BE SET UP BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR TO DEAL WITH TRAINING FOR COMMERCE AND FOR THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES.
+THIS COMMITTEE WILL, WITHOUT DOUBT, FILL A BIG NEED. ITS JOB WILL BE TO UNDERTAKE SURVEYS, WRITE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND TO ADVISE VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS JON THE KIND OF TRAINING THAT NEEDS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR.+ HE SAID.
MUSIC SEMINAR FOR STUDENT TEACHERS
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ABOUT 50 SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS FROM THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WILL ATTEND A MUSIC SEMINAR TO BE HELD AT THE CRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FROM SEPTEMBER 10 TO 14. STUDENTS STUDYING MUSIC IN EDUCATION AT CHUNG CHI COLLEGE HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND.
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE GEOTHE INSTITUTE, THE SEMINAR - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ORFF-TUITION SYSTEM WILL BE CONDUCTED BY PROFESSOR HERMAN REGNER AND PROFESSOR BARBARA HASELBACH, BOTH FROM THE MOZARTEUM IN SALZBURG.
THE SEMINAR, SPONSORED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL INCLUDE AN INTENSIVE COURSE OF TRAINING IN INSTRUMENTAL WORK, USING ORFF MUSIC INSTRUMENTS, AND MOVEMENT.
CARL ORFF, COMPOSER, EDUCATIONIST AND MUSICOLOGIST WAS LORN IN MUNICH IN 1895 AND HELPED TO FOUND THE GUNTER SCHULE THERE. HIS FAMOUS +SCHULWERK+, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1930 AND 1933, IS THE PRODUCT OF HIS TEACHING EXPERIENCE. IT AIMS TO AWAKEN LATENT POWERS OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION THROUGH MOVEMENT AND MUSICAL IMPROVISATION.
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