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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987
THE WINNER AND FIRST TWO RUNNERS-UP IN BACH CATEGORY WILL BE AWARDED $6,000, $3,000 AND $1,000 RESPECTIVELY, WITH THE AMOUNT OF CASH PRICES DONATED BY CASH TOTALLING $40,000.
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HONG KONG MUSIC FUND CASH, MISS ORACE CHEUNG, SAID IT WAS THE AIM OF THE SOCIETY TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY IN COMPOSITION THROUGH THE CONTEST. SHE SAID SHE WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE EVENT HAD ATTRACTED MORE ENTRIES EACH YEAR AND THAT THE STANDARD WAS IMPROVING AT THE SAME TIME.
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MR RICHARD TSANG, HEAD OF RADIO 4, RTHK, SAID: "AS ONE OF INITIATORS OF THIS COMPETITION SEVEN YEARS AGO, I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE YOUNG MUSICIANS' AWARDS PROJECT HAS FULFILLED ITS OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE AND TO NURTURE THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING TALENTS OF OUR YOUTHS.
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SINCERELY HOPE THAT ALL COMPETITORS IN THE COMING COMPETITION CAN ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULTS AND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS IMPROVING OUR MUSIC SCENE, HE ADDED.
MEMBERS OF THE PANELS OF JUDGES FOR THE FINAL EVENTS ARE DR DANIEL LAW, MR LAW WING-FAI, DR CHAN WING-WAH, MR KWOK DICK-YEUNG, MR CHAN PUI-FANG, MR HENRY NOVAK, MISS MARY POND, DR ANNE BOYD, DR WILLIAN WATSON, DR HARRISON RYKER, MR LAW WAI-LUN, MR CHEUNG SHUN, MR GUO HENG-J1, MR CHEN NING-CHI, MR KUOK KWONG-YUI, MS HON SEE-WAH, MR CHAN HOI-KAN, MR YUEN TONG-CHOR. DR YIP MING-MEI AND
MR CHAN SAM-LAM.
TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE AWARDS, MRS HO SAID IT WAS FIRST HELD IN 1981 AS THE HONG KONG YOUNG MUSIC MAKERS' TALENT QUEST AND WAS RENAMED THE HONG KONG YOUNG MUSICIANS' AWARDS IN 1984 IN ORDER ΤΟ REFLECT MORE APPROPRIATELY ITS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES.
THE LIST OF THE FINAL ENTRIES IS AS FOLLOWS:
CHINESE COMPOSITION
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A POET'S DREAM BY CHAN HING-YAN
2. THE BRAVE MAN BY CHEUNG CHI-LEUNG
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DANCING ON THE MOON BY CHAN MING-CHI
WESTERN COMPOSTITION
1. "C" QUINTET BY HO STU-WAH
2. BALLAD BY LEUNG BO-WAH
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AUTUMN MIST BY LAM KUN-WONG
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