TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1986
SEMINAR AGAINST SHOPLIFTING IN WAN CHAI
!BOUT 50 REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEPARTMENT STORES AND SUPER MARKETS IN WAN CHAI DISTRICT ATTENDED A SEMINAR ON SHOPLIFTING HELD AT THE WAN CHAI POLICE STATION THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
A TALK ON PREVENTION OF SHOPLIFTING WAS GIVEN BY MR CHEUK HEY-MING OF THE POLICE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU AND A DISCUSSION SESSION FOLLOWED.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR CHENG HOK-YIN, URGED THE PARTICIPANTS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME.
HE DESCRIBED THE SEMINAR AS ONE OF MANY ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE IN THE DISTRICT.
OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A SLOGAN COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS, FOR WHICH ENTRIES WOULD CLOSE ON NOVEMBER 11, AND AN EXHIBITION ON SECURITY DEVICES TO BE HELD IN JANUARY,
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE SEMINAR WERE THE WAN CHAI POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR LAU TO-YEE ASSISTANT DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR P.E. SMITH AND THE WAN CHAI ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARMEN CHIU.
20TH CENTURY MUSIC WORKSHOP ORGANISED *****
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A SIX-SESSION WORKSHOP ON 20TH CENTURY MUSIC FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS STARTING NEXT FRIDAY (OCTOBER 17).
BESIDES GIVING AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF 20TH
THROUGH CENTURY MUSIC, THE WORKSHOP ALSO PROVIDES TEACHERS LISTENING AND PRACTICAL MUSIC MAKING, WITH A REPERTOIRE SUITABLE FOR INTRODUCING SUCH MUSIC TO SECONDARY STUDENTS.
NEW CONCEPTS OF TONALITY, MELODY, HARMONY, RHYTHM AND FORM WILL BE EXPLORED DURING THE WORKSHOP.
APPROPRIATE EXAMPLES WILL BE SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE POST- ROMANTICISM, IMPRESSIONISM, NEO-CLASSICISM, SERIALISM, NEW MUSIC IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, ELECTRONIC MUSIC, MUSIC WITH FOLK ELEMENTS, BLUES, RAGTIME AND JAZZ,
LECTURER IN MUSIC AT THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, DR CHAN WING-WAH, WILL CONDUCT THE WORKSHOP AT THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE FOR PROMOTION OF CHINESE CULTURE AT SHUN TAK CENTRE, 200 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE ISSUED TO THOSE WHO COMPLETE THE WORKSHOP.
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