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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1977

SIX MUSICIANS GET FIRST GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSH IP

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SIX YOUNG MUSICIANS HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE FIRST GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THEY WILL LEAVE FOR BRITAIN EARLY IN JANUARY TO STUDY AT

THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA.

THE SIX TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS COME FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, SAID MR. GORDON SIU, MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, ANNOUNCING THE SCHOLARSHIPS TODAY.

+THREE ARE YOUNG PLAYERS RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNMENT BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. THE OTHER THREE ARE STUDENTS.+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER TO COVER A PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT 2.30 P.M. ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 30) IN G.I.S. THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FIFTH FLOOR, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR WILL INTRODUCE THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.

NEW BUS TERMINUS FOR KWAI CHUNG ******

THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW BUS TERMINUS IN KWAI CHUNG TO SERVE THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.

MR. ROBIN SAUNDERS, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (N.T.) DIVISION, SAID THAT THE WORK INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE-BAY BUS TERMINUS, A 300-METRE-LONG SERVICE ROAD AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.

THE NEW BUS TERMINUS WOULD BE SITUATED NORTH OF THE CONTAINER BERTH IN KWAI CHUNG, HE SAID.

+ON COMPLETION, MR. SAUNDERS SAID, THE BUS TERMINUS WILL SERVE THE NEARBY TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AS WELL AS THE ADJOINING INDUSTRIAL AREA NOW BEING DEVELOPED.

WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE WORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (N.T.) DIVISION ON BEHALF OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE P.W.D.

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