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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1982

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E ANNUAL SCHOOLS' MUSIC FESTIVAL HAD DONE MUCH TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF MUSIC-MAKING IN HONG KONG, HE SAID, ADDING THAT IT WOULD BECOME SO BIG THAT CONSIDERATION WOULD HAVE TO BE

G VEN TO REGIONAL IS ING IT, AND PERHAPS EVENTUALLY TO OPERATING IT ON A DISTRICT BASIS.

MR OXLEY SAID ALSO THAT HONG KONG COULD PERHAPS PROVIDE A NEW INSPIRATION FOR COMPOSERS OF CHINESE MUSIC.

+WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE COMPOSERS OF CHINESE MUSIC IN HONG KONG TO DEVELOP STYLES OF THEIR OWN WHICH ARE NOT MERELY IMITATIVE, BUT HAVE SOMETHING ORIGINAL TO SAY.+

HE SAID THAT MUSIC AS A PROFESSION WOULD BE GIVEN A BOOST BY THE EXPANSION OF THE FACULTY OF MUSIC AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND BY THE EXPANSION OF THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.

NEW OFFICE FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN CDO

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A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AT 11.30 AM ON THURSDAY (MAY 27).

OCCUPYING THE GROUND TO EIGHTH FLOORS OF WILLIE BUILDING AT 222-224 DES VOEUX ROAD. CENTRAL, THE NEW OFFICE HAS BEEN

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IN OPERATION AND SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE LAST WEEK.

THE OFFICE HAD MOVED FROM 205A DES VOEUX ROAD, WEST, GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR, AND THE CENTRAL EXTENSION OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) AT 164 QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, 13TH FLOOR.

THE RIBBON-CUTTING, WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LION DANCE, WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR GRAHAM BARNES; THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR ALBERT LAM; THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), MR TONY CLARK, AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), MR EDDY CHAN.

ABOUT 200 GUESTS, COMPRISING KAIFONG LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SEVEN AREA COMMITTEES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICTS, WILL BE PRESENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AT THE GROUND FLOOR OF WILLIE BUILDING, 222-224 DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL, AT 11.30 AM ON THURSDAY (MAY 27).

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