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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE YUEN LONG JAYCEES, MR TSO SHIU-WAT SAID, THE FUNDS RAISED WILL BE DONATED TO THE HONG KONG PHYSICAL HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED ASSOCIATION AND OTHER WELFARE ORGANISATIONS.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THESE ASSOCIATIONS, THE HANDICAPPED WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOCIETY, AND THAT THE IR POTENTIAL WILL BE STIMULATED,+ MR TSO SAID.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE VARIETY SHOW WILL BE THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG AND MADAM LEUNG SING-TAK.

QUEST FOR YOUNG MUSICAL TALENT

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AMATEUR MUSIC LOVERS UNDER THE AGE OF 30 WILL BE ABLE TO PERFORM THEIR OWN COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS IN THE COMING 1981 YOUNG MUSIC MAKERS' TALENT QUEST,

THE TALENT QUEST, WHICH AIMS TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN MUSICAL COMPOSITION AND ARRANGEMENT, IS A JOINT PRESENTATION OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION'S MUSIC OFFICE AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, AND IS SPONSORED BY AIWA DRANSFIELD CO LTD.

IT IS WELL RECEIVED BY LOCAL AMATEUR MUSICIANS WHO CAN ENTER ONE OF THE THREE CATEGORIES CHINESE, WESTERN AND FOLK MUSIC.

A PRELIMINARY CONTEST WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 11 (SUNDAY) AT THE RECITAL HALL, ARTS CENTRE. THE WESTERN MUSIC SECTION WILL START AT 10 AM, THE FOLK MUSIC AT 5 PM AND THE CHINESE MUSIC SECTION AT 7.30 PM.

LOCAL MUSICIANS, INCLUDING DR HARRISON RYKER, MR T. WILSON, MR BENNY TSAO IN THE WESTERN MUSIC STREAM- MR WUT MAN-CHUNG, MR KWOK TIT-YEUNG AND MR TONG LEUNG-TAK IN THE CHINESE MUSIC STREAM AND MR LAW WING-FAI, MR CHAN NAN-CHAT AND MR KENNETH YIP IN THE FOLK MUSIC ENTRIES, WILL SERVE AS ADJUDICATORS.

THE FINAL CONTEST WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 17 (SATURDAY) AT 7.30 PM AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.

A $5 000 AIWA 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WINNER OF EACH CATEGORY AND THERE WILL ALSO BE SPECIAL AWARDS FOR BEST COMPOSITIONS AND BEST PERFORMANCE.

FREE ADMISSION TICKETS TO THE PRELIMINARY CONTEST AT ARTS CENTRE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE HEAD OFFICE, 9TH FLOOR, ARTS CENTRE AND THE WEST KOWLOON MUSIC CENTRE, 157-159 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, TUNG PING BUILDING, KOWLOON.