SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1984
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DEMAND GROWS FOR CULTURAL SERVICES
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THERE HAS BEEN A FAST-GROWING DEMAND FOR ALL SORTS OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL SERVICES WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW TOWNS LIKE SHA TIN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE RESULTANT INFLUX OF POPULATION, A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER SAID TODAY.
MR WONG PO-MING, CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, SAID THE GOVERNMENT, DISTRICT BOARDS AND LOCAL CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS HAD ALL BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO MEET THIS DEMAND.
THE MUSIC OFFICE, HE SAID, HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THIS BY RUNNING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING CLASSES AND ORGANISING MUSIC PROMOTION ACTIVITIES.
MR WONG WAS SPEAKING AT THE N.T. STUDENTS' CONCERT HELD AT PUI YING COLLEGE AT WO CHE ESTATE, SHA TIN, TO OFFER TRAINEES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE THE CHANCE TO PERFORM IN PUBLIC.
AT THE SAME TIME, PARENTS AND TEACHERS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE GENERAL STANDARD OF THE TRAINEES.
MR WONG ALSO SAID THAT THE OPENING OF THE SHA TIN MUSIC CENTRE EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
HE CALLED ON THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SHA TIN.
IN A WELCOME SPEECH, MRS DORIS HO, MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, SAID THAT RESPONSE TO THE ANNUAL RECRUITMENT OF TRAINEES HAD INCREASED STEADILY SINCE THE SCHEME STARTED IN 1977.
COMPETITION FOR THE LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES WAS NOW VERY KEEN.
+IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT FOR OUR TRAINEES, ON SECURING A PLACE
IN THE SCHEME, TO RECOGNISE THE PART THEY HAVE TO PLAY.
+ IT IS THE IR DUTY TO ENSURE THAT THE VERY SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC FUNDS SPENT ON THE SCHEME AND THE EFFORTS OF THEIR MUSIC TEACHERS ARE NOT WASTED,+ MRS HO STRESSED.
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