TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1984
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YOUNG MUSICIAN OFFERED OVERSEAS TRIP
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A YOUNG LOCAL MUSICIAN WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE ABROAD.
HE WILL BE AMONG YOUNG MUSICIANS BETWEEN 14 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE BEING INVITED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE OVERSEAS TRIP.
THE CHOSEN CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN INTENSIVE TRAINING IN SYMPHONIC MUSIC PERFORMANCE, AND WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE WORLD YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE 1984 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP TO BE HELD IN INTERLOCHEN, MICHIGAN, U.S.A. FROM JUNE 24 TO AUGUST 20.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE SAID TODAY THAT THE APPLICANTS MUST HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS, AND MUST HAVE ATTAINED GRADE EIGHT (PRACTICAL) IN THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAMINATION OR EQUIVALENT.
PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WITH ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE. APPLICANTS WILL ALSO HAVE TO PASS AN AUDITION ARRANGED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL.
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THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL MEET SUCH EXPENSES AS RETURN AIR PASSAGE INSURANCE FOR THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
THE CHOSEN CANDIDATE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR HIS OR HER PERSONAL INSURANCE ABROAD, AND PLACE A SUM OF US$170 IN THE CANDIDATE'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT WITH THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN TO MEET MINOR PERSONAL EXPENSES.
APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ALL MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE HONG KONG MUSIC CENTRE, 9TH FLOOR, HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE, 2 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG ON OR BEFORE APRIL 12.
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES GIVES TO CHARITY
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NEARLY $50 000, RAISED IN CHARITY DRIVES BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WAS PRESENTED TODAY TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST.
THE MONEY WAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT RAISED BY THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH RAFFLE TICKET SALES, A CHARITY WALK, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVER 90 PER CENT OF THE SERVICES STAFF.
A CHEQUE FOR THE SUM WAS PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHOW CHUN-CHOW, TO THE VICE-PATRON OF THE CHEST, MR YU LOOK-YAU AT THE PIK UK STAFF MESS.
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