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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1980

SAI KUNG CHOIR LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS

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IF YOU CAN SING, ARE YOUNG AND LIVE IN SAI KUNG, THE LOCAL CHILDREN'S CHOIR WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING CHOIR IS LOOKING FOR 100 NEW MEMBERS TO FORM A SING-AND-PLAY+ GROUP.

APART FROM SINGING, THE NEW GROUP WILL BE TRAINED IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAYING AND MUSIC APPRECIATION. OTHER ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PICNICS AND VISITS.

+THERE WILL BE MORE EMPHASIS ON TRAINING AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, WHEREAS THE OTHER CHOIR GROUPS ARE MORE PERFORMANCE-ORIENTATED, A CHOIR SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

ALL SAI KUNG CHILDREN AGED UNDER 16 CAN APPLY TO JOIN THE NEW GROUP. THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED PREVIOUSLY BUT WERE NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE OF LIMITED PLACES ARE ESPECIALLY WELCOME TO TRY AGAIN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

APPLICATION FORMS HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE BRANCH OFFICE AND THE MUSIC OFFICE SUB-OFFICE IN MAN NIN STREET.

A VOCAL TEST WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY IN MAN YI WAN SCHOOL.

THE CHOIR WAS STARTED 20 MONTHS AGO BY THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE MUSIC OFFICE. ITS INITIAL 75 MEMBERS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE WHEN A GROUP WAS FORMED IN MAY FROM OVER 300 APPLICANTS.

TEENAGER

+THERE IS KEEN INTEREST AMONG LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE AND THIS

IS WHY WE ARE EXPANDING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FOUNTAIN FOR FERRY CONCOURSE

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A FOUNTAIN AND FLOWER BEDS WILL SHORTLY BE BUILT AT THE JORDAN ROAD FERRY CONCOURSE TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.