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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1983

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GIRL REPRESENTS HONG KONG IN U.S. MUSIC CAMP

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AN 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENT OF THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, MISS YAN YU-QING, LEFT TODAY FOR THE UNITED STATES TO REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE 1983 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP TO BE HELD IN INTERLOCHEN, MICHIGAN, FROM JUNE 26 TO AUGUST 22.

MISS YAN, WHO WAS SELECTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT THROUGH OPEN AUDITION, WILL JOIN THE WORLD YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT THE CAMP WHICH IS HELD ANNUALLY IN SUMMER.

THE AIM OF THIS NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP IS TO PROMOTE WORLD FRIENDSHIP THROUGH MUSIC, THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF ARTS. HIGHLY QUALIFIED YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL RECEIVE EIGHT WEEKS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING IN SYMPHONIC MUSIC PERFORMANCE.

MISS YAN WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY MR CLIVE OXLEY, MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THE ASSISTANT MÚSIC ADMINISTRATOR (PROFESSIONAL), MR THOMAS WANG.

MISS YAN, AT PRESENT A VIOLINIST WITH THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (A), WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG BY THE END OF AUGUST.

HER TRIP WAS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SPONSORSHIP OF HER AIR FARE BY THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND.

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CROWN LAND SOLD ***

A PIECE OF CROWN LAND WAS SOLD AT AN AUCTION HELD BY THE LANDS DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE TODAY (FRIDAY),

THE SITE IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN IS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND GODOWN PURPOSES. IT HAS AN AREA OF 3 834 SQUARE METRES.

IT WAS SOLD TO METRIC LAND INVESTMENT LTD FOR $8 MILLION OR $2 086.59 PER SQUARE METRE.

TWO OTHER LOTS, ONE IN SHA TIN AND ONE IN YUEN LONG WERE WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BIDDERS.

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