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SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1986
+ THE PERFORMERS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL AS THE PERFORMERS OF THE CHAMBER CONCERT IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS TRAINEES' GALA HELD ON JANUARY 11, SHOULD FEEL PROUD OF THEIR PROGRESS OVER THE PAST YEAR, SIR DAVID SAID.
LADY AKERS-JONES THEN PRESENTED AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF MERITS TO TRAINEES, ORCHESTRAL, CHOIR AND BAND MEMBERS.
IN HER WELCOMING SPEECH, THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS SAID THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY ONE FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE.
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+BESIDES PREPARING FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, COMPETITIONS AND INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS, OUR TRAINEES HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY SHARPENING THEIR PERFORMANCE SKILLS.
+EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WAS SEIZED UPON WITH TRAINEES PARTICIPATING IN THE YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, THE YOUTH CHINESE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THE YOUTH BAND FESTIVAL, ALL NOW ANNUAL EVENTS IN THE MUSIC OFFICE CALENDAR.+
HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY'S GALA WAS A COMBINED PERFORMANCE BY MORE THAN 1 000 TRAINEES WHO PLAYED +DANCE OF THE YAO+ WITH BOTH WESTERN AND CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, ALSO ATTENDED THE GALA.
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YOUTHS URGED TO HELP FIGHT DRUG ABUSE
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YOUNG PEOPLE WERE URGED TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN CONTINUING THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING AND DRUG ABUSE.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER, AT THE START OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS RUN AT KOWLOON TSAI PARK SPORTS GROUND.
+YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY HOLD THE IR FUTURE IN THEIR HANDS BUT THEY ARE ALSO THE ONES MOST VULNERABLE TO THE RISK OF DRUG ABUSE, MR MORTIMER SAID.
HE SAID THAT IT WAS FITTING FOR ANTI-NARCOTICS FUNCTIONS TO BE ORGANISED BY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MR MORTIMER ALSO CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REPORT DRUG PEDDLING ACTIVITIES AND TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AGAINST THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE.
/HE POINTED