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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1993
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RECRUITMENT OF MUSIC OFFICE TRAINEES
THE MUSIC OFFICE
ANNOUNCED TODAY
(FRIDAY) THAT IT WOULD RECRUIT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN FOR ITS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME.
STUDENTS INTERESTED IN MUSIC WOULD BE ABLE то ENROL IN THE MUSIC OFFICE'S TRAINING CLASSES TO LEARN WESTERN AND CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING VIOLIN, ER-HU, PIPA, TRUMPET AND FLUTE.
WEEKLY ONE-HOUR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SESSIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ONE OF THE FIVE REGIONAL MUSIC CENTRES WHICH ARE IN HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE, KWUN TONG, MONG KOK, SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN.
AT THE HIGHER GRADES, STUDENTS WOULD ALSO RECEIVE AURAL/THEORY TRAINING AND ORCHESTRAL/ENSEMBLE TRAINING.
THE NEW TUITION FEES, WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1, THIS YEAR, $100, $150, $200 AND $250 A MONTH FOR THE ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND HIGHER LEVELS AND SPECIAL TRAINING RESPECTIVELY.
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THEY REPRESENT INCREASES OF $40 ΤΟ $100 PER MONTH ON THE CURRENT FEES.
NEW RECRUITS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WOULD ONLY NEED TO PAY $100 A MONTH.
"THE LAST FER REVISION WAS MADE NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE SAID.
HE SAID: "SUCH REVISIONS ARE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S REGULAR EXERCISE TO SET FEES AT A REALISTIC LEVEL AND COVER PART OF THE COSTS.
THE FEES COVER INSTRUMENTAL TRAINING CLASSES, AURAL/THEORY TRAINING AND ORCHESTRAL/ENSEMBLE TRAINING AS THE CASE MAY BE.
"THEY REMAIN VERY LOW WHEN COMPARED WITH CHARGES FOR SIMILAR TRAINING PROVIDED BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
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