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SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1983

HONG KONG YOUNG MUSIC-MAKERS' TALENT QUEST

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THE FINAL CONTEST OF THE SECOND HONG KONG YOUNG MUSIC-MAKERS' TALENT QUEST WAS HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TONIGHT (SATURDAY).

COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM; DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR STUART WILKINSON; CHAIRMAN OF COMPOSER' AND AUTHORS' SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, MR MALCOM BARNETT; AND MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR CLIVE OXLEY, OFFICIATED AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.

THE VOCAL WINNERS, MISS LI SAU-LIN, MISS YUEN MIU-FUN AND MISS LEE YEE-MAN WERE AWARDED CASH PRIZES OF $3 000, $1 500 AND $500 RESPECTIVELY.

COMMENTING ON THE PERFORMANCE, AN ADJUDICATOR OF THE PANEL SAID THE STANDARD OF THESE AMATEUR SIGNERS WAS MOST ENCOURAGING+.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RCD SAID, IN VIEW OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS CONTEST, THE THREE CO-ORGANISERS ARE PLANNING AHEAD FOR THE THIRD HONG KONG YOUNG MUSIC-MAKERS' TALENT QUEST, TO PROMOTE FURTHER THE TALENTS OF LOCAL AMATEUR MUSICIANS.+

IN THE INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION GROUPS, THE WINNING COMPOSERS FOR THE CHINESE SECTION WERE MR. CHAN KAM BIU (COMPOSITION: GAME), MR DU HEY-CHOY (COMPOSITION: LANTERN FESTIVAL REVELRY) AND

MR LEE WAN-HIP (COMPOSITION: STARS SO BRIGHT) WHO ALSO GAINED CASH PRIZES FOR THEIR WINNING COMPOSITIONS.

IN THE WESTERN INSTRUMENTS COMPOSITION, MR CHAN WA I-KWONG (COMPOSITION: DIVERTIMENTO FOR TWO FLUTES, CLARINET, BASSOON AND PIANO) WON THE FIRST PRIZE, FOLLOWED BY MR CHAN HAY-WAH (COMPOSITION: WANDERING AT THE PIER) AND MR LEUNG FAI-TO (COMPOSITION: POLIFONICA).

APART FROM THE CASH AWARDS DONATED BY THE COMPOSERS' AND AUTHORS' SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, ALL WINNERS OF THE THREE CATEGORIES WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES.

THE TALENT QUEST WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE COMPOSERS' AND AUTHORS' SOCIETY OF HONG KONG.

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