SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1980
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WONG TAI SIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR GETS A CLUBHOUSE
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IT IS A WRONG BELIEF BY SOME PARENTS THAT LEARNING MUSIC IS A LUXURY FOR CHILDREN, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR LEE SAID IT WAS A BIASED VIEW TOO THAT CHILDREN LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WERE TOO VIVACIOUS TO ASPIRE IN MUSIC.
HE POINTED OUT THE FRUITFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WONG TAI SIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR, FORMED SEVEN YEARS AGO, WAS A TESTIMONY AGAINST THESE MISCONCEPTIONS.
MR LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CHOIR'S CLUBHOUSE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE.
HE SAID THE CHOIR, THE FIRST FOR AN URBAN DISTRICT, HAD BEEN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO DEVELOP INTEREST IN MUSIC AS AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY.
MOST OF THE CHOIR MEMBERS ARE STUDENTS AGED BETWEEN SIX AND NINE FROM PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN WONG TAI SIN,
THEY UNDERGO REGULAR TRAINING IN GROUPS OF SINGING AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
THE CLUBHOUSE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THE CHOIR BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND DECORATED WITH A DONATION OF $50 000 FROM THE CHOIR'S HONORARY PRESIDENT, MR MERVYN LAW.
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SHORT COURSES ON CHINESE CLASSICS AND CULTURE
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SHORT COURSES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CHINESE CLASSICS AND CULTURE WILL BE HELD IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR BY THE EVENING SCHOOL OF HIGHER CHINESE STUDIES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADULT EDUCATION SECTION.
+THE COURSES, WHICH WILL BE OF 48 HOURS' DURATION, WILL BE HELD AT EITHER QUEEN'S COLLEGE ON HONG KONG ISLAND OR GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN KOWLOON,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION WILL BE MAINLY CANTONESE, AND TOPICS WILL INCLUDE TRANSLATION, CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTING, CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, MANDARIN, CHINESE LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY, AND CHINESE MEDICINĖ.
ATTENDANCE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ONE EVENING A WEEK FROM
7.15 PM TO 9.15 PM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FEES FOR EACH COURSE WILL BE $100, HE ADDED.
ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSES EACH STUDENT WILL BE AWARDED
A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE ISSUED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION.
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