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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1981

YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA CONCERT

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THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA WILL HOLD ITS THIRD ANNIVERSARY CONCERT ON CTOBER 25 (SUNDAY), AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISIONS MUSIC OFFICE AND THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, THE CONCERT WILL INCLUDE SOLO PERFORMANCES AND A NUMBER OF ENSEMBLE PIECES.

THE FIRST ENSEMBLE IS THE BEAUTIFUL +YANG GUAN SAN DIE+ (THREE VERSES OF THE YANG GUAN), BASED ON A POEM WRITTEN BY A FAMOUS TANG POET WANG WEI.

THE SECOND IS +LADY WANG ZHAO-JUN+, A HISTORICAL FIGURE WHO WAS SENT TO MARRY THE KING OF HUN. THE MUSIC, COMPOSED BY MR TAM CHI-BUN FOR THE FIRST HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, IS INTERWOVEN WITH CLASSICAL TASTE AND ETHNIC STYLE.

THE FINAL ITEM ON THE PROGRAMME IS A NEW COMPOSITION, +AN EVENING AT THE CAMPFIRE+ BY MR LAW WEI-LUN COMMISSIONED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, AND HAVING ITS PREMIER AT THE CONCERT.

MR LAW WROTE THIS PIECE DURING A VISIT TO LA RIVER IN WAN NAN PROVINCE IN CHINA IN 1978, WHEN HE SPENT AN EVENING WITH NASI TRIBE ON THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. THE MUSIC DESCRIBES THE SCENE AT THAT EVENING AT THE CAMPFIRE.

TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT ALL MUSIC CENTRES OF MUSIC OFFICE, TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, TOM LEE PIANO CO. LTD. (U-12 MAN YEE BUILDING ARCADE, HONG KONG- 6 CAMERON ROAD, KOWLOON= 389-B NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON). FOR ENQUIRY PLEASE CALL 3-7561328.

WATER FIGURES

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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 45.3 PER CENT R 261.498 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO 174 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 377.545 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 65.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY,

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