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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1985

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+MUCH CHANCE+ FOR MUSIC

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THERE WAS MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSIC APPRECIATION IN HONG KONG, WITH CONCERTS BEING HELD ALMOST EVERY DAY, MADAM ANITA CHAN LAI-LING, AN EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT A HONG KONG REGION STUDENT CONCERT PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

MADAM CHAN SAID THAT THE SETTING UP OF THE MUSIC OFFICE IN 1977 HAD BROUGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING TO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH A COMMENDABLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE.

+ INTEREST IN THIS AREA IS GROWING ALL THE TIME AS WITNESSED BY THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS EACH YEAR TO THE MUSIC OFFICE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME, MADAM CHAN ADDED.

SHE SAID SHE WAS MOST IMPRESSED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRAINEES.

+ I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT AND DISCIPLINE IN THEIR PRACTICE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE VITAL INGREDIENTS IN THE MAKING OF A GOOD MUSICIAN, SHE SAID.

MR K.C. YEUNG, ACTING MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR THANKED ALL SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS FOR THE IR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT WHICH MADE THE MUSIC OFFICE'S INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME A SUCCESS.

SPORTS TRAINING FOR MORE DISABLED URGED

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A SEMINAR ON SPORTS FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WAS HELD THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, SHA TIN.

THE SEMINAR, ON HOW TO ORGANISE AN ATHLETIC MEET FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, WAS ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

MRS POLLY LAI, A SENIOR RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, SAID THAT HONG KONG'S DISABLED ATHLETES HAD BEEN DOING WELL IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, SUCH AS THE 1984 INTERNATIONAL GAMES FOR THE DISABLED AND WORLD WHEELCHAIR GAMES.

+THERE IS A NEED TO TRAIN MORE SPORT ORGANISERS TO PROMOTE SPORTS AMONG A LARGER NUMBER OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE,+ SHE ADDED.

/MR RAYMOND