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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1980

STUDENTS IN FORM 6 AND PROMOTING TO FORM 7 MUST RETURN THE APPLICATION FORMS THROUGH HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO THE SECRETARY NOT LATER THAN JULY 26.

+GRANTS ARE AWARDED ON A YEARLY BASIS AND RENEWAL IS NOT AUTOMATIC. IF A RECIPIENT IN FORM 6 WISHES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A GRANT ON PROMOTION TO FORM 7, HE MUST APPLY AGAIN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

STUDENTS IN FORM 6 WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING GRANTS IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS TO ENABLE THEM TO COMPLETE THE ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION COURSE IN 1980/81, HE SAID.

GRANTS WILL BE PAID THROUGH HEADS OF SCHOOLS AT THE END OF EACH MONTH IN ARREARS FOR 10 MONTHS IN THE YEAR, AND THERE WILL BE NO PAYMENTS FOR JULY AND AUGUST.

SHA TIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR TO MAKE DEBUT

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THE 60-MEMBER SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD CHILDREN'S CHOIR WILL MAKE ITS DEBUT TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

MORE THAN 500 SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE ONE-HOUR CONCERT AT THE KIANG SU-CHE KTANG COLLEGE IN WO CHE ESTATE, SHA TIN,

THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE CHINESE, ENGLISH, GERMAN AND POLISH FOLK SONGS,

STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS SHA TIN SCHOOLS WILL JOIN THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR TO PERFORM CLASSICAL AND POPULAR MUSIC, INCLUDING THE THEME SONG FROM THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG TELEVISION SERIES, +SUNNY SHA TIN+, CHINESE FOLK DANCES WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED.

THE CHOIR, TOGETHER WITH THE AUDIENCE, WILL SING A TRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GERRY HIGGINSON, WHO LEAVES SHA TIN LATER THIS MONTH AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN THE POST.

HR WONG PO-MING, PRINCIPAL OF THE KIANG SU-CHE KIANG COLLEGE, SAID MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR HAD BEEN SELECTED FROM A TOTAL OF 170 LOCAL APPLICANTS AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 10 YEARS. MR WONG IS CHAIRMAN OF THE CHOIR ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND A DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER.

HE SAID THE CHOIR HAD BEEN HOLDING TWO-HOUR TRAINING SESSIONS EACH SATURDAY SINCE LAST OCTOBER.

THREE INSTRUCTORS, MRS CHU WONG YUK-KAM, MR CHEUNG WAI AND MRS SHIRLEY KAYE CHOW, TRAIN THE CHILDREN.

THE CHOIR