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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1980
ABOVE ALL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADEQUATE TRANSPORT SYSTEM HAD LAGGED BEHIND - IT HAD NOT PROVED POSSIBLE TO BUY THE BUSES REQUIRED (THE FACTORY OUTPUT WAS TOO LOW) TO MEET THE DEMAND.
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DR HASE SAID: IN PROVISION OF SCHOOLS, SHOPS, THE INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY, HOWEVER, WE ARE ON TARGET, AS WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROVISION OF POLICE, FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.
+OF COURSE, THESE PROBLEMS ARE INITIAL ONLY. BY 1982-83, WE SHOULD BE ON TARGET IN ALL AREAS, AND THEREAFTER THERE SHOULD BE NO MAJOR SHORTFALL AREAS, ALTHOUGH TEMPORARY SHORTFALLS MAY DEVELOP HERE AND THERE.
+IN OTHER WORDS, BY 1982-83, WE SHOULD BE IN BALANCE AND OUR AIM OF A BALANCED DEVELOPMENT BASICALLY ACHIEVED, + HE SAID.
FESTIVAL OF YOUTH BANDS *****
THE THIRD HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND FESTIVAL, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION AND THE TOM LEE MUSIC FOUNDATION, WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 16 TO 23 THIS YEAR.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID THE AIMS OF THE FESTIVAL WERE TO PROMOTE MUSIC THROUGH BAND ACTIVITIES AND TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH BANDS TO GET TOGETHER TO SHARE EXPERIENCE AND TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.
THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND FESTIVAL WAS FIRST HELD
IN 1978 AND HAS SINCE BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT.
MR WIGGHAM NOTED THAT IN THE PAST TWO FESTIVALS, THERE WERE ALTOGETHER EIGHT CONCERTS ATTRACTING A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 30 000 PEOPLE.
THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL WILL START OFF WITH A SYMPHONIC BAND CONCERT ON NOVEMBER 16 (SUNDAY) AT 8 PM IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM, THE CONCERT WILL BE JOINTLY PRESENTED WITH THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
SELECTIONS OF CONCERT CLASSICS, TRANSCRIPTIONS AND POPULAR MARCHES WILL BE PLAYED BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND AND SOME OF THE BEST LOCAL SCHOOL BANDS.
THEY WILL BE FROM TANG KING PO SCHOOL, DELIA MEMORIAL SCHOOL, HO FUNG COLLEGE, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON CHIU CHOW SCHOOL, BUDDHIST TAI KWONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ST BONAVENTURE COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL, THE HONG KONG LUTHERAN YOUTH BAND WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE.
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