THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1983
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TALENTED TRAINEES ARE GIVEN MORE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING, VERY OFTEN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LEADING MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
MR WIGGHAM SAID ALSO THAT NUMEROUS MUSICAL ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED EACH YEAR IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION.
AS AN EXAMPLE, GULAR SCHOOL CONCERTS KNOWN AS +MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS+ CONCERTS, HAVE BEEN ORGANISED ON ALMOST 2 000 OCCASIONS AND HAVE ATTRACTED OVER 1.3 MILLION LISTENERS.
+SUCH MUSIC ACTIVITIES HAVE A TWO-FOLD PURPOSE: THEY PROMOTE MUSIC AS SUCH, BY A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC EDUCATION AMONG THOSE WHO ARE PERHAPS LISTENING TO SERIOUS MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME.
+THEY ALSO SERVE AS A VERY EFFECTIVE PLATFORM ON WHICH OUR OWN YOUNG BUDDING MUSICIANS FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AND BANDS CAN PERFORM.
+THEIR EXPOSURE IS A FORM OF PRACTICAL TRAINING, TO TEST THE TECHNIQUES THEY HAVE LEARNED IN THE CLASS ROOM AND THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN HELP IN A SMALL WAY TO ENRICH THE CULTURAL LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY, MR WIGGHAM SAID.
JAPAN SPEEDPOST SERVICE EXTENDED
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SPEEDPOST SERVICES TO JAPAN WILL BE EXTENDED TO POST OFFICE BOX ADDRESSES OF YOKOHAMA PORT, NAGOYA CENTRAL, KOBE PORT AND HAKATA WITH EFFECT FROM NEXT TUESDAY (JUNE 14).
AT THE SAME TIME, ITEMS MAY ALSO BE POSTED TO CERTAIN STREET ADDRESSES IN TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA, OSAKA, KOBE AND НАКАТА.
SUCH SERVICES ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR POST OFFICE BOX ADDRESSES AT TOKYO AT INTERNATIONAL POST OFFICE, TOKYO CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND OSAKA CENTRAL POST OFFICE.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID THE DELIVERY STANDARD' IN JAPAN WAS THE NEXT DAY AFTER POSTING FOR SPEEDPOST ITEMS ADDRESSED TO TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, OSAKA, KOBE AND HAKATA AND THE SECOND DAY AFTER POSTING FOR ITEMS TO NAGOYA.
+THE MAXIMUM SIZE FOR SPEEDPOST ITEMS TO JAPAN WILL ALSO BE INCREASED TO THE SAME AS THAT FOR PARCELS, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, SAMPLES AND MERCHANDISE WILL STILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO JAPAN.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF SPEEDPOST ITEMS IN JAPAN AND THE SPEEDPOST SERVICES TO OTHER COUNTRIES MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT ANY SPEEDPOST ACCEPTANCE COUNTER OR FROM THE ENQUIRY BUREAU ON TELEPHONE 5-2671222.
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