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"AT PRESENT, WE HAVE SOME 4,000 TRAINEES, MOSTLY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG. BOTH WESTERN AND CHINESE MUSIC ARE TAUGHT.
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"LEARNING ΤΟ PLAY MUSIC HELPS то DEVELOP A CHILD'S INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH, IMPROVES
PHYSICAL CO-ORDINATION AND POWER OF EXPRESSION. IN PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT IN GROUPS, HE ALSO LEARNS TO CO-OPERATE AND WORK WITH OTHERS, MISS CHIU STRESSED.
NOTING THAT TRAINING FOR THE MAJORITY TOOK THE FORM OF GROUP CLASSES AT THE EIGHT CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, MISS CHIU SAID THAT A FEW MORE GIFTED TRAINEES WERE GIVEN SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL TRAINING.
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"TO ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR TRAINING SCHEME, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HIRE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED, UNDER WHICH
MUSIC OFFICE PROVIDES EVERY TRAINEE WITH HIS OWN INSTRUMENT FOR PRACTICE AT HOME AT A MONTHLY CHARGE OF $20.
"WHEN THE ACCUMULATED HIRING CHARGE PAID BY THE TRAINEE MEETS THE ORIGINAL COST, THE INSTRUMENT BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF THE TRAINEE AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR TRAINEES MAKE GOOD USE OF THIS SCHEME, SHE SAID.
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MISS CHIU EXPLAINED THAT ALL TRAINEES WHO ATTAINED A CERTAIN STANDARD WERE REQUIRED TO JOIN AN ORCHESTRA OR BAND.
"AT PRESENT, THE MUSIC OFFICE MANAGES AND TRAINS 18 YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AND BANDS.
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"WE ARRANGE REGULAR CONCERTS FOR THESE ORCHESTRAS AND BANDS SO AS TO EXPOSE THEM TO A WIDE RANGE OF MUSIC AND SITUATION," SHE SAID.
MISS CHIU POINTED OUT THAT THE MUSIC OFFICE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAMME OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARING THE JOY OF MUSIC WITH THE AVERAGE MEN IN THE STREET.
"OUR PROGRAMME OF THE MUSIC FOR THE MILLION CONCERTS BRINGS OUR ORCHESTRAS AND BANDS TO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTRES, CHILDREN'S HOMES, HOSPITALS, FACTORIES AND PARKS, SHE SAID.
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IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, THE MFM CONCERTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN HELD FOR ABOUT 4,200 TIMES, HAVE CATERED FOR AND PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT OVER 2.7 MILLION AUDIENCE.
IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, CHIU SAID THAT THE MUSIC TRAINING PROGRAMME HAVE ALSO EXPANDED THE NEW TERRITORIES IN RECENT YEARS.
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HAVING MENTIONED THAT THREE MUSIC CENTRES HAD BEEN SET UP IN YUEN LONG, TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN, MISS CHIU NOTED THAT THE ΤΑΙ PO MUSIC CENTRE AT KWONG FUK ROAD WILL BE RE-PROVISIONED ΤΟ ΤΑΙ WO ESTATE BY THE END OF 1990 TO PROVIDE A BETTER LOCATED VENUE TO FOR THE NEEDS OF THE NEW TOWN.
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"WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN THE LONG RUN A MUSIC CENTRE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, AND IN OTHER PARTS OFTHE NEW
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