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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984
YOUNG MUSICIANS SEEN AT WORK
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THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR IAN MACPHERSON TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE 1984 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP BEING HELD AT THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAI KUNG.
MR MACPHERSON FIRST ARRIVED AT SUNG TSUN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SAI KUNG WHERE HE WATCHED THE MUSIC CAMP SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN FULL REHEARSAL AND WAS INTRODUCED TO THE OVERSEAS MUSICIANS, MR GEORG TINTNER (WESTERN CONDUCTOR), MR DETLEF HAHN (UPPER STRINGS), MR SIDNEY SUTCLIFF (WOODWIND), DR WILLIAM LAWING (BRASS) AND MS MELISSA PHELPS (LOWER STRINGS).
ACCOMPANIED BY THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS HO, HE PROCEEDED TO THE MUSIC CAMP AND SAW THE CHINESE ORCHESTRA REHEARSE IN THE GYMNASIUM AND MET THE FOUR MUSICIANS FROM CHINA MS HUANG XIAO-FE (CONDUCTOR), MR LIU DE-HAI (PI-PA), MR XU JIANG-DE (ER-HU), AND MR SONG BAO-CA! (SOU-NA).
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MR MACPHERSON LATER INSPECTED THREE OTHER CAMP ORCHESTRAS, THE JUNIOR CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE JUNIOR STRING ORCHESTRA AND THE SYMPHONIC BAND REHEARSING.
THE 1984 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR, IS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME EVERY YEAR.
ARRESTS OF COOKED-FOOD HAWKERS TREBLED
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GENERAL DUTIES TEAM MEMBERS IN YAU MA TEI ARE NOW ARRESTING 80 TO 90 COOKED-FOOD HAWKERS A DAY.
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ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE SEIZING HAWKER TROLLEYS LEFT ON FOOTPATHS AND IN DOORWAYS, ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY ARE CAUSING AN OBSTRUCTION.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID GDT MEMBERS IN YAU MA TEI HAD BEEN ABLE TO TREBLE THE IR ANTI-COOKED FOOD HAWKER OPERATIONS THANKS TO A STAFF RE-STRUCTURING EXERCISE WHICH HAD GIVEN THE POWER OF ARREST TO MANY MORE SENIOR GDT MEMBERS.
SO FAR, MORE THAN 100 TROLLEYS HAD BEEN SEIZED IN YAU MA TEI, MONG KOK AND SHAM SHUI PO.
/THEY WOULD
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