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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1988
OVERSEAS TRAINING FOR MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
FOUR TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS WHO RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND HAVE RECENTLY FLOWN TO BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES TO FURTHER THEIR TRAINING IN MUSIC.
THE FOUR MUSICIANS ARE LAU CHIN-YAN, IP HANG-TSIM, CHENG WAI AND YIP CHING, WHO ALL HAD STUDIED AT THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
THEY WERE SELECTED FROM AMONG 14 CANDIDATES WHO APPLIED FOR OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY THE MUSIC FUND FOR 1988-89.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS IS TO ENABLE EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN POST-DIPLOMA STUDIES AT FOREIGN INSTITUTES.
LAU CHIN-YAN AND IP HANG-TSIM ARE NOW PURSUING THEIR STUDIES IN PIANO PERFORMANCE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN LONDON.
CHENG WAI AND YIP CHING ARE BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES, ATTENDING INTENSIVE MUSIC COURSES AT, RESPECTIVELY, THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC IN CLEVELAND AND EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN ROCHESTER.
ESTABLISHED IN 1980 WITH A DONATION OF $10 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND IS A NON-STATUTORY TRUST FUND FOUNDED FOR THE PROMOTION AND
AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC, DANCE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORY BY WAY OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE SECRETARY OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IS NOW THE CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE OF THE FUND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE KEEPING OF THE FUND'S ASSETS APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ITS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO DECIDE ON THE DISBURSEMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS ΤΟ SCHOOLS, NON-PROFIT MAKING DANCE ORGANISATIONS AS WELL AS TALENTED INDIVIDUALS.
SINCE 1980, THE MUSIC FUND HAS AWARDED 32 AND SEVEN DANCE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE 26 YOUNG YOUNG DANCERS TO FURTHER THEIR TRAINING OVERSEAS.
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