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SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1985

THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMP WERE TO GIVE YOUNG MUSICIANS INTENSIVE MUSIC TRAINING IN A PLEASANT SUMMER-CAMP ATMOSPHERE, OF EXCHANGING MUSICAL EXPERIENCE AND OF FOSTERING INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

+ I AM DELIGHTED TO WELCOME OUR DISTINGUISHED TEACHERS FROM OVERSEAS, WHOSE EXPERT TEACHING AND GUIDANCE WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELP US MEET THESE OBJECTIVES, HE SAID.

MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT MUCH PLANNING HAS GONE INTO THE CAMP PROGRAMME TO ENSURE THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, PARTICIPANTS WOULD ENJOY THEMSELVES NOT JUST ON MUSIC TRAINING BUT ALSO THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

MR EARNES THEN THANKED THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND FOR CONTRIBUTING $285 000 TO THE MUSIC CAMP THIS YEAR.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, AND THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS HO.

SOME 250 YOUNGSTERS ARE TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S MUSIC CAMP WHICH COMPRISES A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, A CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND A JUNIOR BAND.

DURING THE TWO-WEEK CAMP, ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE MASTER CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS, CHAMBER MUSIC, SECTIONAL AND ORCHESTRAL REHEARSALS TO BE CONDUCTED BY RENOWNED MUSICIANS.

TO PROVIDE A BALANCED PROGRAMME, THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE DIVISION HAS ORGANISED A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE CAMPERS.

1983 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SURVEY RESULTS OUT

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED SUMMARY STATISTICS FROM THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR 1963. FIELD WORK FOR THIS SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN BETWEEN MAY 1984 AND MARCH 1985.

THE SURVEY COVERED ESSENTIALLY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. HOWEVER, IT ALSO INCLUDED ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN MINING AND QUARRYING, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER.

SOME $170 681 MILLION WORTH OF GROSS OUTPUT WAS PRODUCED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN 1983, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 2 PER CENT OVER 1982 ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY. THE BASIC STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED IN TABLE A.

/AS REGARDS