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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1979
HK STUDENT WINS MUSIC AWARD
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FOR THE 19TH SUCCESSIVE YEAR THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED ANNUALLY BY THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC JOINTLY TO INDIA AND HONG KONG HAS BEEN WON BY A HONG KONG STUDENT.
THE 1978 WINNER, JUST ANNOUNCED BY THE ASSOCIATED BOARD, IS MISS CYNTHIA CHAN BIC-AN, A FORM SIX STUDENT AT DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL.
EVERY YEAR SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROVIDED BY THE ASSOCIATED BOARD FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE BRITAIN. EACH SCHOLARSHIP IS TENABLE FOR THREE YEARS AT ONE OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC IN LONDON.
EACH AWARD AMOUNTS IN ALL TO ABOUT 4,000 POUNDS STERLING WHICH INCLUDES TUITION FEES, A GRANT OF 600 POUNDS STERLING A YEAR TOWARDS LIVING EXPENSES AND A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COST OF A PASSAGE BACK HOME AT THE END OF THE COURSE.
MISS CHAN WAS AWARDED A DISTINCTION IN THE 1975 GRADE 8 PIANO EXAMINATION AND A PASS IN THE 1978 L.R.S.M. PERFORMING EXAMINATION AND IT WAS ON THE BASIS OF THESE RESULTS THAT SHE WAS TWICE SELECTED BY THE VISITING PANELS OF EXAMINERS FROM LONDON FOR SCHOLARSHIP CONSIDERATION BY THE ASSOCIATED BOARD.
MISS CHAN FIRST TOOK PIANO LESSONS AT THE AGE OF FIVE AND HER TEACHER IS MISS KATHERINE HUANG.
PRINTING DEPARTMENT GRADUATES RECEIVE AWARDS
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NINE GRADUATES OF THE KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S
PRINTING DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED PRIZES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES.
THE AWARDS, IN THE FORM OF CHEQUES AMOUNTING TO $200 AND $300, WERE DONATED BY THE HONG KONG PRINTERS' ASSOCIATION. MR. HO WAI– CHUEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OFFICIATED AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
MR. ROBERT HARPER, HEAD OF THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION AND SAID IT HAD BEEN OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT BY PROVIDING A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT.
THE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SERVING STUDENTS AND PRIZES FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATES PROVIDED BY THE ASSOCIATION HAVE PROVED TO BE A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO APPRENTICES IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY,+ HE ADDED.
STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED THE AWARDS ARE WONG YUEN-CHEUNG, CHU SEK- LEUNG AND CHUNG KWOK-HANG OF THE GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION SECTION- LIN CHI-HO AND TAM TAI-HO OF THE OFFSET PRINTING SECTION CHAN JAN-VAY AND YIM SHEK-WAH OF THE LETTERPRESS PRINTING SECTION HO SIU-KI OF THE GENERAL PRINTING SECTION- AND TSANG KEE-BUN OF THE GRAPHIC DESIGN SECTION.
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