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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1981

YOUNG MUSICIANS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG

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GROUPS OF YOUNG MUSICIANS AND DANCERS, UNDER THE BANNER OF HONG KONG JING YING, WILL AGAIN BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE TASK OF BOOSTING HONG KONG'S IMAGE OVERSEAS.

THEY WILL REPRESENT HONG KONG AT A NUMBER OF MAJOR REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE FIFTH AUSTRALIAN YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MELBOURNE FROM AUGUST 1 TO 15, THE FOURTH ASIAN YOUTH MUSIC CAMP IN JAPAN BETWEEN JULY 20 AND AUGUST 3, AND THE ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS. THEY WILL ALSO ATTEND THE 17TH BILLINGHAM INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN AUGUST, AND THE 24TH WORLD CONGRESS ON HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION IN MANILA FROM JULY 21 TO 25.

LOCALLY, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION'S RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL JOINTLY PRESENT THE SECOND HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, AS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.

ADDRESSING A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR E.B. WIGGHAM POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WILL HAVE MUCH TO GAIN BY PARTICIPATING IN THESE EVENTS.

MR WIGGHAM SAID, THE VISITS OF OUR YOUNG ARTISTS WILL CONTRIBUTE INVALUABLY TO THE PROMOTION OF HONG KONG'S CULTURAL

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+THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, TECHNIQUES AND EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S FINEST YOUNG ARTISTS WILL HELP RAISE THE STANDARDS OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AND WIDEN THE IR CULTURAL HORIZONS.+

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE WERE THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR MRS ELIZABETH WONG, AND THE PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR DICKEN YUNG.

REPRESENTING HONG KONG AT THE FIFTH AUSTRALIAN YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL BE THE HONG KONG JING YING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, COMPRISING 45 MEMBERS SELECTED BY AUDITION, AND FIVE SOLOISTS ON CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SAID MRS WONG, WHO WILL BE THE TOUR DIRECTOR.

THEY WILL DEMONSTRATE THE IR MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN BOTH WESTERN AND CHINESE MODES, INCLUDING CONTEMPORARY WORKS BY LEADING HONG KONG COMPOSERS AND A COMMISSIONED WORK FROM DOMING LAM,

THE FESTIVAL WILL BE A FORUM FOR THE PROMOTION OF FRIENDSHIP AND GOODWILL THROUGH MUSIC. THE EDMONTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA FROM CANADA, THE LAS VEGAS JAZZ ENSEMBLE FROM THE UNITED STATES, THE TRINIDAD CHOIR AND DISTINGUISHED GROUPS FROM AROUND AUSTRALIA ARE SOME OF THE PERFORMING GROUPS.

THE JING YING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WILL GIVE A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES AT DALLAS BROOKS HALL, ROBERT BLACK-WOOD HALL. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA.

/OTHER PERFORMANCES