MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1986
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SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), MR JOHN WINFIELD, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (FURTHER EDUCATION), MR ROBERT LO, WILL OFFICIATE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY ON SATURDAY.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION CHAIRED BY THE PRINCIPAL OF SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, DR KONG YUN-FUN.
ON SUNDAY, DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AT THE SCHOOL HALL OF
SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL.
HE WILL TALK ABOUT- --- THE DISTRICT OFFICER (TSUEN WAN), MR ANGUS MIU. +CIVIC EDUCATION THROUGH CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES+.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ADULT EDUCATION CONFERENCE 1986 AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AT 9.30 AM ON SATURDAY.
YOUNG MUSICIANS PRESENTED AWARDS
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THE 1986 HONG KONG YOUNG MUSICIANS' AWARDS ENDED YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) AFTER TWO NIGHTS OF COMPETITION AND ONCE AGAIN A FEW TALENTED MUSICIANS AND COMPOSERS OF SERIOUS MUSIC WERE UNCOVERED.
THE CHINESE MUSIC FINAL ON SATURDAY, AND THE WESTERN MUSIC FINAL LAST NIGHT AT THE SHOUSON THEATRE SAW YOUNG AMATEUR MUSICIANS AT THEIR BEST PLAYING TUNES WHICH THEY ALSO COMPOSED.
WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY OF THE TWO SECTIONS RECEIVED CASH AWARDS OF $6 000 WHILE THE FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS-UP EACH RECEIVED $3 000 AND $1 000.
THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR CLIVE OXLEY: THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (RADIO) MR SIMON LUN; THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE COMPOSERS AND AUTHORS SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, MR WILLIE YEUNG, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIETY, MR DOMING LAM.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, SAID THE AWARDS OFFERED POSITIVE STIMULUS TO YOUNG COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SKILLS.
+AND WHILE THE ORGANISERS ARE KEEN TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES, IT IS UP TO OUR YOUNG MUSICIANS TO FACE UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND WORK AT SHARPENING THEIR SKILLS, BE IT IN COMPOSING OR PERFORMANCE, HE ADDED.
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