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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1979
CONCERT BY FOU TS'ONG AND
HK YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILL GIVE ITS FIRST CONCERT ON OCTOBER 20 AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF BRITAIN AND FRANCE RECENTLY.
APPEARING IN THE CONCERT WITH THE ORCHESTRA AT 8 P.M. ON THAT DAY WILL BE THE INTERNATIONALLY DISTINGUISHED PIANIST, FOU TS'ONG, WHO IS ALSO AN ADVISER TO THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.
THE CONCERT, TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE ORCHESTRA'S PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR, MR. THOMAS WANG, IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC ADMINISTRÁTOR'S OFFICE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
HALL.
MR. FOU WILL APPEAR AS SOLOIST IN THE CONCERT AND WILL BE PLAYING THE PIANO CONCERTO K503 BY MOZART AND THE PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 BY BEETHOVEN. OTHER PROGRAMMES WILL INCLUDE DIA MEISTER SINGER BY WAGNER AND THE STRING SONATA NO. 3 BY ROSSINI.
TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT AT $10 AND $5 ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, 224 WATERLOO ROAD, KOWLOON- THE SING TAO OFFICES AT LI YUEN STREET WEST, MINDEN PLAŽA, OCEAN CENTRE, HUNG HOM RAILWAY TERMINAL AND MEI FOO SUN CHUEN- AND TOM LEE PIANO CO. OFFICES AT MAN YEE BUILDING, HENNESSY ROAD, CAMERON ROAD AND NATHAN ROAD.
MAXICAB ROUTE 14 TO BE REVISED
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT MAXICAB ROUTE NO. 14 BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND BOYCE ROAD WILL BE REVISED FROM WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 10) FOLLOWING A RECENT TRANSPORT SURVEY AND NUMEROUS PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE SERVICE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE REVISION WOULD BE FOR A TRIAL PERIOD OF ONE MONTH DURING WHICH ANOTHER SURVEY WOULD BE CARRIED OUT TO ASSESS THE OVERALL TRAFFIC LEVEL AND RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD THEN BE MADE ON WHETHER THE SERVICE SHOULD BE FRANCHISED FOR PERMANENT OPERATION.
+THE REVISED SCHEDULE WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED JOURNEY TIME IN VIEW OF THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ALONG BLUE POOL ROAD AND THE DIVERSION VIA HAPPY VALLEY MARKET IN SING WOO ROAD,+ HE SAID.
+HOWEVER,
A MORE DIRECT ROUTING FROM TA! HANG ROAD TO MOORSOM ROAD VIA MOUNT BUTLER ROAD AND WILSON ROAD INSTEAD OF CREASY ROAD IS PROVIDED ON OUTWARD JOURNEYS.+
THREE MAXICABS WILL SERVE THIS ROUTE FROM 7.10 A.M. TO 8.30 P.M. WITH PEAK FREQUENCIES OF 12 MINUTES AND OFF-PEAK FREQUENCIES OF 15 MINUTES. THE FARE WILL BE INCREASED TO 60 CENTS.