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THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1982
NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR RTHK
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MR HAROLD KWOK WAI-HONG HAS BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG WITH EFFECT FROM MAY 1.
HE SUCCEEDS MR STUART WILKINSON WHO BECOMES DIRECTOR
OF BROADCASTING WHEN MR JOHN TISDALL'S SECONDMENT TO THIS POST FROM THE BBC ENDS NEXT MONTH.
MR XWOK HAS BEEN IN GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION SINCE 1966 AND HIS LAST POSTING WAS MANAGING THE SCHEME TO ASSIST INDEBTED CIVIL SERVANTS.
HE WILL TAKE OVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AT RTHK PERFORMED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, WHO WILL TAKE UP A NEW POSTING ELSEWHERE IN GOVERNMENT AT THE END OF MAY.
+THE ART OF SINGING+ - FREE MASTER CLASSES
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A SERIES OF THREE LECTURES ON VOICE PRODUCTION AND OPERATIC REPERTOIRE WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS STARTING FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 7 PM.
ALL THE LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN AT THE BAROQUE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, 292A AND B, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, SECOND FLOOR, KOWLOON.
THE FIRST OF THE LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN AS AN INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SINGING WHILE THE SECOND TO BE GIVEN ON SATURDAY (MARCH 27) WILL BE ON +GERMAN LIEDER AND ITALIAN CHAMBER WORKS+. THE FINAL LECTURE WILL BE GIVEN ON SUNDAY (MARCH 28) ON THE TOPIC OF FRENCH, ITALIAN AND GERMAN OPERATIC ARIAS.
THE LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN LOCAL TENOR, MAK CHEE-SING. MR MAK STUDIED AT THE WORLD FAMOUS SANTA CECILIA CONSERVATORY IN ROME FROM 1971 TO 1974, WITH FURTHER STUDIES AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN 1976,
MR MAK LATER JOINED THE WEST-GERMAN BASED HAGEN CITY THEATRE WHERE HE PERFORMED FOR TWO YEARS. FOLLOWING HIS RETURN TO HONG KONG, MR MAK HAS GIVEN A SOLO RECITAL UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.
ALL THE LECTURES, GIVEN IN CANTONESE, ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FREE TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE EAST KOWLOON MUSIC CENTRE, AT 100 TING FUNG STREET, SECOND FLOOR, NGAU TAU KOK, KOWLOON.
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL 3-7561328.
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