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+ IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MUCH INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITY IN HONG KONG, AND TO WITNESS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, HE SAID.
AFTER WISHING THEM SUCCESS IN THEIR MUSICAL CAREER, MR WATSON PRESENTED AWARDS TO THREE INSTRUMENTAL AND FOUR ORCHESTRAL TRAINEES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS.
EARLIER IN A WELCOME SPEECH, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON SAID ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE WAS TO RUN A FULL-SCALE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME TO HELP FOSTER INTEREST IN MUSIC, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
CURRENTLY, THE SCHEME PROVIDES SOME 650 INSTRUMENTAL TRAINING CLASSES WITH OVER 3 000 PARTICIPANTS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
+THE ANNUAL TRAINEES' GALA IS AN IMPORTANT ANNUAL EVENT AS IT IS HELD SPECIFICALLY FOR AND BY THE TRAINEES, WHO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS AFTERNOON TO DISPLAY BEFORE THEIR PEERS AND CONTEMPORARIES THEIR MUSICAL TASTES AND ACHIEVEMENTS, MR WILLIAMSON
SAID.
HE THEN THANKED THE PARENTS OF THE TRAINEES FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
MRS WILLIAMSON ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF MERIT TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INSTRUMENTAL AND ORCHESTRAL TRAINEES.
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, AND THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR BENJAMIN TANG, WERE AMONG 1 300 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE GALA,
THE WOMAN WITH A TAXING JOB
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID IN THIS WORLD NOTHING CAN BE SAID TO BE CERTAIN, EXCEPT DEATH AND TAXES.+ INLAND REVENUE COMPLAINTS OFFICER MRS TANG CHAN WAI-YEE AND HER STAFF CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THE FORMER BUT THEY DO THEIR BEST TO EASE THE PAIN OF THE LATTER.
EVEN THOUGH THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO PROCESS NEARLY OVER 800 000 ASSESSMENTS A YEAR, FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE ARE MAKING COMPLAINTS. LAST YEAR THE SPECIAL COMPLAINTS SECTION RECEIVED 1 183 COMPLAINTS OR ENQUIRIES, ALMOST 50 PER CENT DOWN ON THE 2 176 CASES DEALT WITH IN 1978 WHEN THE SECTION WAS SET UP.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE A CONTINUING EFFORT TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS PROPER CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN ITS VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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