TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1992
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POSITIVE APPROACH ON AIDS URGED
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND ADOPT A POSITIVE APPROACH IN DEALING WITH AIDS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE AIDS FOUNDATION'S EDUCATION AND SERVICE CENTRE AT THE SHAU KEI WAN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC TODAY (
(TUESDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W WONG, SAID THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN ACTIVELY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON AIDS SINCE 1983.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE HEALTH HAD ALSO BEEN PROMOTING ANTI-AIDS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
DEPARTMENT,
COUNTERACT BY THE
"HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO MOBILISE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO THE DAMAGE WHICH IS BEING DONE TO US AND OUR NEXT GENERATIONS DEADLY DISEASE, HE SAID.
THE NEWLY OPENED
EDUCATION AND SERVICE CENTRE HAS A WIDE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND EQUIPMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. IT ALSO PROVIDES COUNSELLING SERVICES AND RUNS TRAINING COURSES.
MR WONG URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, YOUTHS, TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE CENTRE.
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PARTICULARLY STUDENTS AND
HK YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND RECRUITS MEMBERS
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THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND (HKYSB) OF THE MUSIC OFFICE IS RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WAS FORMED IN 1978 WITH THE PRINCIPAL AIM OF PROVIDING TRAINEES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE WITH SYMPHONIC BAND TRAINING SO AS TO CREATE A WIDER INTEREST · AND RECEPTION OF BAND MUSIC IN HONG KONG.
KONG,
OVER THE YEARS, THE HKYSB HAS HELD REGULAR CONCERTS IN HONG AS WELL AS PERFORMING OVERSEAS SUCH AS IN JAPAN AND HAWAII.
THE BAND ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PERFORMING WITH A NUMBER OF DISTINGUISHED GUEST MUSICIANS AND BANDS BOTH LOCALLY AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE ATTAINED GRADE SIX OR ABOVE IN THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAMINATION, OR EQUIVALENT.
DURING THE TRAINING, REHEARSAL WILL BE HELD EVERY FRIDAY FROM 5 PM TO 8 PM AT YAU MA TEI MUSIC CENTRE.
/THE DEADLINE