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Thursday, August 3, 1972

RECITAL BY FORMER WINNER IN SCHOOLS MUSIC FESTIVAL

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A former winner in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival

Miss Cynthia Fok - who has made a name for herself in parts of America, is

to give a recital at the City Hall Concert Hall on Saturday week (August 12).

Miss Fok has been away from Hong Kong for more than six years, and

has returned to visit her parents after graduating from the Cleveland

Institute of Music with a masters degree in Piano and Durythmics.

Born in Hong Kong, she received her education at the St. Stephen

Girls' College. She obtained a scholarship enabling her to study for

her first degree at Wittenberg University. Later, she enrolled at the

Cleveland Institute.

Miss Fok has given many recitals in cities of the mid-western

states in America, including Cleveland, Cincinnati and Dayton, and at the

Springfield Arts Festival, where she won the concerto competition with

the Wittenberg Orchestra.

Her concert in Hong Kong is being sponsored by the Urban Council

and the Music Society of Hong Kong.

Tickets at $1 (for students); $3 and $5 are available at the

City Hall Box Office daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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