SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1982
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FIGHT CRIME SONG CONTEST FINALS
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MR LAU SIK-MING AND ST. BONAVENTURE COLLEGE WERE THE CHAMPIONS AT THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME SONG CONTEST HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TONIGHT (SATURDAY).
OUT OF FIVE SOLOISTS AND THREE ENSEMBLES FROM THE OPEN CLASS, MR LAU SIK-MING, MISS LIU SUK-FUN AND MR YIP WAI-KEUNG CAME OUT AS THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD WINNERS. AS FOR THE SCHOOL CLASS, ST. BONAVENTURE COLLEGE CAME FIRST, YU CHUN KEUNG MEMORIAL COLLEGE CAME SECOND AND BUDDHIST WONG FÜNG LING MEMORIAL COLLEGE CAME THIRD.
THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME SONG CONTEST WAS ORGANISED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, ASSISTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THE POLYGRAM RECORDS CO. LTD AS ONE OF THE YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR THE 1981/82 FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN.
THE CONTEST ATTRACTED MORE THAN 1 000 ENTRANTS, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND YOUTH GROUPS.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR B.R. JOHNSTON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES SAID, THE CONTEST AIMS TO EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO AVOID BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME. IT ALSO AIMS TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY PURSUITS AND TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS AND NATURAL ABILITIES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.+
HE THANKED THE SPONSORS MR EDMOND CHAM AND THE POLYGRAM RECORDS CO. FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ALL THOSE WHO HAD HELPED IN MAKING THE CONTEST POSSIBLE.
HE SAID THE CAMPAIGN THEME SONG HAD BEEN SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE CONTEST, WITH THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY RICKY FUNG AND LYRICS WRITTEN BY JIMMY LO. THE SONG HAD BEEN INCLUDED ON POPULAR SINGER, ALBERT AU'S LATEST RECORD.
SITTING ON THE PANEL OF JUDGES WERE LOCAL MUSIC PERSONALITIES : MR SZETO CHI-CHIU, MR LEUNG YAT-CHIU, MR CHANG CHUN-YIN, MISS FIDELIA LEIGH, MR CHOU YUEN-CHEN, MR ARMANDO LAI,
MISS SUSANNA CHOW AND MR KENNETH YIP.
THE RESULTS OF THE CONTEST, BASED ON THE VERDICTS OF THE EIGHT ADJUDICATORS, WERE ANNOUNCED AFTER A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY ALBERT AU.
DR HO KAM-FAI, MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, PRESENTED CASH AWARDS OF $5 000, $3 000 AND $2 000 AS FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES TO THE WINNERS OF THE OPEN CLASS AND THE SCHOOLS CLASS.
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