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FIRST-EVER CLASSICAL GUITAR ORCHESTRA CONCERT STAGED IN YUEN LONG
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MORE THAN 800 YUEN LONG MUSIC LOVERS WERE GIVEN A SPECIAL TREAT THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING - THE FIRST CONCERT EVER TO BE STAGED IN HONG KONG BY A CLASSICAL GUITAR ORCHESTRA.
THE ORCHESTRA FROM KEENE STAGE COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES FLEW ALL THE WAY TO HONG KONG TO GIVE THE CONCERT. THE ORCHESTRA
IS ALSO UNIQUE IN THE UNITED STATES AS THE ONLY CLASSICAL GUITAR ORCHESTRA OF ITS KIND.
SPEAKING BEFORE THE CONCERT HELD AT THE LUT SAU HALL, YUEN LONG, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, WELCOMED THE ORCHESTRA TO YUEN LONG AND SAID HE HOPED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY SUCH VISITS.
HE SAID: +MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT ARE INTERESTED IN GUITAR MUSIC, AND THIS CONCERT IS A MARVELOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO KEEP UP WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN THE FIELD OF GUITAR MUSIC, AND A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THEIR TECHNIQUES.+
WORLD FAMOUS CLASSICAL GUITARIST, MISS ALICE ARTZT, APPEARED AS A GUEST ARTIST WITH THE ORCHESTRA. THE ORCHESTRA WILL CONDUCT A MUSIC WORKSHOP AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE NEXT LEG OF THEIR TOUR.
TONIGHT'S CONCERT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE MUSIC OFFICE, THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL AND THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (NT).
STATUTORY HOLIDAY PAY REMINDER
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EMPLOYERS WERE REMINDED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT STATUTORY HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD INCLUDE ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO EMPLOYEES UNDER A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO AN EMPLOYEE'S EARNINGS ON A NORMAL WORKING DAY AND SHOULD INCLUDE BASIC WAGES AS WELL AS ALLOWANCES THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED IN MONEY TERMS SUCH AS MEAL AND COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES,
WHERE THE EARNINGS VARY FROM DAY TO DAY, HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE THE AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS DURING THE PERIOD OF 28 DAYS PRECEDING THE HOLIDAY, HE ADDED.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAY PAY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NEAREST BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE FOR KOWLOON EAST 3-205638; KOWLOON WEST 3-201652; KOWLOON SOUTH 3-319454; KWUN TONG 3-898520: TSUEN WAN 0-4980208 TAJ PO 0-6577111 EXT. 114 TUEN MUN 0-818443: HONG KONG ISLAND (WEST) 5-268671 AND HONG KONG ISLAND (EAST) 5-282523.