SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1984
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THE SERIES WILL BE BROADCAST ON RTHK (RADIO 2) FROM TOMORROW (SUNDAY) FOR 13 CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS, BETWEEN 3 PM AND 5 PM, DURING THE YOUNGER GENERATION PROGRAMME.
+ → IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THE PROGRAMME, THE DANGERS AND GRAVE CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ABUSE WILL BE CONVEYED TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO DRUG ABUSE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ THE PROGRAMME WILL PROVIDE THE AUDIENCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE LOCAL DRUG PROBLEM AND THE MEASURES TAKEN TO DEAL WITH IT, HE SAID.
CURTAIN FALLS ON YOUTH MUSIC CAMP ****
A GRAND CONCERT WAS HELD AT THE CITY HALL THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING MARKING THE CLOSE OF THE 1984 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP HELD AT THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAI KUNG FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY; THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR GUS CHUI: AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, DR BASIL DEANE, ATTENDED THE CONCERT PERFORMED BEFORE A FULL-HOUSE BY ABOUT 350 LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MUSICIANS, INCLUDING SOME FROM MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND MACAU.
DR DEANE SAID HE REGARDED THE MUSIC CAMP AS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TRAINING EVENT IN HONG KONG'S MUSICIAL CALENDAR.
HE SAID THE RESULTS OF THE CAMP WERE IMPRESSIVE AND WOULD HAVE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS NOT ONLY FOR TIL PARTICIPATING YOUNG MUSICIANS BUT ALSO FOR THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
COMMENTING ON THE FINALE CONCERT, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, SAID THAT IT CROWNED TWO WEEKS OF HARD WORK BY INSTRUCTORS AND CAMPERS.
THE CONCERT ALSO PROVIDED BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND DAY CAMPERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN PUBLIC.
THE AUDIENCE COULD SEE HOW THE PARTICIPANTS HAD BENEFITED FROM THE INTENSIVE MUSIC TRAINING, ESPECIALLY FROM THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE INSTRUCTORS FROM OVERSEAS, MR OXLEY SAID.
THE TWO-HOUR CONCERT INCLUDED FIVE CHINESE PIECES AS WELL AS PERFORMANCES OF BEETHOVEN'S 8TH SYMPHONY AND BRUCKNER'S +TE DEUM+.
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