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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1981
→SWING ING SUMMER+ SINGING FINALS
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THE +SWINGING SUMR+ PROGRAMME, THE FIRST TV SERIES EVER ORGANISED FOR THE ANNUAL SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, DREW TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) WITH THE FINALE HELD AT THE OCEAN PARK.
DESPITE THE RAIN IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, WHICH DELAYED THE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE BY MORE THAN TWO HOURS, THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE AUDIENCE WAS NOT DAMPENED.
AN ATMOSPHERE OF EXCITEMENT PREVAILED AS THE PROGRAMME STARTED WITH THE GRAND FINAL OF THE SWINGING SUMMER+ SINGING CONTEST. WINNERS C THE NINE PRELIMINARIES HELD BETWEEN JULY AND EARLY SEPTEMBER COMPETED FOR THE TITLE OF OVERALL WINNER.
THEY PERFORMED IN FRONT OF A PANEL OF JUDGES, ALL MUSIC EXPERTS, COMPRISING MR SAM HO OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, MR RAY CORDE IRO AND MR RAYMOND NG OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND MR NG TAK-YIN OF THE MUSIC OFFICE. THE JUDGES HAD A DIFFICULT TIME IN CHOOSING A WINNER, AS THE PERFORMANCES WERE ALL OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD,
AFTER KEEN COMPETITION, MR KWAN CHI-SHING WAS AWARDED THE CHAMPION TITLE WHILE THE PRIZE FOR 1ST RUNNER-UP WENT TO THREE CONTESTANTS, MR FUNG HON-TAK, MR WONG MING-LEUNG AND MISS JOYCE WONG WHO ALL HAD EQUAL SCORES. THERE WERE TWO SECOND RUNNERS-UP, THEY WERE MISS CHAN SIU-SHUN AND LAI MAN-PING.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OCEAN PARK AND STEWARD OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, SIR KENNETH PING-FAN FUNG AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, MRS SHIRLEY HUNG, BOTH OFFICIATED AT THE PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY AFTER THE COMPÉTITION.
THE SWINGING SUMMER+ TV PROGRAMME IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. IT IS SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THE PROGRAMME WILL CONTINUE TO BE SCREENED ON RTV 1 ON SUNDAYS FROM 12.15 TO 1.15 PM UNTIL OCTOBER 4.
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