TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1982
BALLET SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
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THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT WHICH ORGANISES AND PROVIDES COURSES ON INTRODUCTORY BALLET FOR HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT HONG KONG HAS BEEN OFFERED SUPPORT BY A LEADING HONG KONG BALLET SCHOOL.
THE JEAN WONG BALLET SCHOOL HAS OFFERED A NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO TALENTED STUDENTS BEING TRAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.
AS A RESULT OF THE OFFER OF SCHOLARSHIPS, SOME 300 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM STUDENTS UNDERGOING ELEMENTARY BALLET CLASSES IN RSS CENTRES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
+AND MORE APPLICATIONS ARE POURING IN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
+THE OFFER OF THE SCHOLARSHIP HAS BEEN MADE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE 1982 ARTS FESTIVAL,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE ONE-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP IS ELIGIBLE TO BOYS AND GIRLS AGED BETWEEN NINE AND 12. EACH IS WORTH ABOUT $2 700 IN LESSONS HELD THREE TIMES A WEEK EITHER ON HONG KONG ISLAND OR IN KOWLOON.
+IT IS RENEWABLE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON PROGRESS MADE BY THE STUDENT,+ THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED.
THE SELECTION OF A SUITABLE APPLICANT WILL BE MADE BY A PANEL OF SIX JUDGES TWO FROM THE RSS, TWO FROM THE SCHOOL, AN ARTIST FROM NEW YORK'S JOFFREY BALLET COMPANY WHICH WILL BE PERFORMING HERE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARTS FESTIVAL, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ARTS FESTIVAL.
THE RSS STARTED ELEMENTARY BALLET CLASSES IN THE SUMMER OF 1980 DURING WHICH 120 STUDENTS WERE TRAINED.
TODAY, THE SERVICE IS RUNNING 26 INTRODUCTORY BALLET CLASSES AT VARIOUS CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THERE ARE SOME 800 PUPILS STUDYING BALLET FOR A FEE OF $3 EACH PER COURSE.
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