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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1989
SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED TO YOUNG MUSICIANS AND DANCERS
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EIGHT
TALENTED YOUNG
MUSICIANS AND DANCERS WHO RECEIVED MUSIC FUND HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
FURTHER RECENTLY FLOWN TO BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES TO THEIR TRAINING IN MUSIC AND DANCE.
THE EIGHT ARE CHENG WAI, YIP
REGINA CHING,
YUNG, CAROL YU,
YIU SONG-LAM, KONG WAN-YI, HUI CHE-KEUNG, AND WONG KIM.
CANDIDATES WHO MUSIC FUND
HAD APPLIED FOR 1989-90
THEY WERE SELECTED FROM AMONG 23 FOR THE OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED BY THE AFTER AN AUDITION TEST AND INTERVIEW HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE
IS SCHOLARSHIP
TO THE PURPOSE OF
ENABLE EXCEPTIONALLY STUDIES AT TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN POST DIPLOMA FOREIGN INSTITUTES.
AND YIU SONG LAM MUSIC COURSES HUI WAN-YI, BALLET COURSES
CHENG WAI, YIP CHING, REGINA YUNG, CAROL YU ARE NOW PURSUING THEIR PIANO PERFORMANCE AND INTENSIVE
AUSTRALIA. KONG STATES AND IN BRITAIN, THE UNITED CHE-KEUNG AND WONG KIM ARE ATTENDING MODERN DANCE AND IN THE UNITED STATES.
MILLION FROM THE FUND IS
ESTABLISHED IN 1980 WITH A DONATION OF 310 ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC A NON-STATUTORY TRUST FUND FOUNDED FOR THE PROMOTION OF MUSIC, DANCE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND DEVELOPMENT THE TERRITORY BY WAY OF
SECRETARY THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE
TRUSTEE OF THE FUND WHO IS FOR HOME AFFAIRS IS NOW THE CUSTODIAN
ASSETS AND THE THE FUND'S
SAFEKEEPING
FOR THE RESPONSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
OF
OF THE DISBURSEMENT
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS THE GOVERNING BODY ITS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO DECIDE ON THE AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO
NON-PROFIT
SCHOOLS,
MAKING
ORGANISATIONS AS WELL AS TALENTED INDIVIDUALS.
SINCE 1980 THE MUSIC FUND HAS
DANCE
AWARDED 37 MUSIC
FUND AND
OF GRANTS AND MUSIC
SCHOLARSHIPS
EIGHT
30 YOUNG MUSICIANS AND
AND 10 DANCE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE YOUNG DANCERS TO FURTHER THEIR TRAINING OVERSEAS.
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