FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1984
LEARNERS DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING NAM LONG SHAN ROAD AND HEUNG YIP ROAD BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7.30 PM DAILY.
THE NEW ENTRANCE WILL BE SERVED BY TWO CMB ROUTES ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
ROUTE 97 FROM ABERDEEN WILL OPERATE FROM 9.20 AM TO 7.40 PM AT 10-MINUTE INTERVALS, CHARGING $1 EACH WAY.
ROUTE 99 FROM CENTRAL BUS STATION WILL RUN FROM 9 AM TO 7.37 PM VIA ABERDEEN TUNNEL AT EVERY SEVEN MINUTES. THE FULL FARE WILL BE $2.7, BUT A SECTIONAL FARE OF $1 WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE DISTANCE BETWEEN OCEAN PARK'S MAIN AND SECOND ENTRANCES.
IN ADDITION, MAXICAB ROUTE 29 WILL BE EXTENDED TO OPERATE BETWEEN AP LEI CHAU ESTATE AND THE NEW OCEAN PARK ENTRANCE. THE MAXICABS WILL RUN FROM 9 AM TO 6.30 PM AT 30-MINUTE INTERVALS, CHARGING $1.5.
THERE WILL BE NO PARKING SPACE ON SHUM WAN ROAD WITHIN ONE KILOMETRE FROM THE NEW ENTRANCE. MOTORISTS PROCEEDING TO THE NEW ENTRANCE SHOULD USE THE CAR PARK ON OCEAN PARK ROAD NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND INTERCHANGE FOR CMB ROUTE 99.
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KODALY COURSE FOR MUSIC TEACHERS
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A COURSE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHERS INVOLVING A MODERN CHORAL TEACHING METHOD WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT NEXT MONTH.
KNOWN AS THE KODALY CHORAL METHOD, THE TEACHING TECHNIQUE AIMS AT DEVELOPING MUSIC PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH SINGING BY USING A STRUCTURED SYSTEM OF TRAINING DEVISED
BY KODALY, THE WELL-KNOWN HUNGARIAN COMPOSER AND MUSIC EDUCATIONIST.
+THIS APPROACH TO MUSIC TRAINING IS NOW WIDELY ADOPTED IN MANY COUNTRIES AND HAS EARNED WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
ALTHOUGH ATTENDANCE AT THE COURSE IS NOT A QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE ISSUED TO TEACHERS WHO COMPLETE THE COURSE SATISFACTORILY, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE KODALY CHORAL METHOD WAS INTRODUCED TO HONG KONG IN 1980 WHEN A PUPIL OF KODALY, MISS CECILIA VAJDA, CAME TO CONDUCT COURSES ON THE METHOD TO LOCAL MUSIC TEACHERS. SHE WAS INVITED TO MAKE A SIMILAR VISIT IN 1982,
/FOLLOWING HER