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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1985

+CERTAINLY MOST PEOPLE INCLUDING FELLOW STUDENTS YOU WILL MEET IN ENGLAND WILL NOT HAVE BEEN TO HONG KONG. MANY WILL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT IT SO YOU SHOULD TRY TO GIVE THEM AN UP-TO-DATE AND ACCURATE PICTURE, MR FRENCH SAID.

+YOU SHOULD THEREFORE THINK RIGHT NOW ABOUT COLLATING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HONG KONG INCLUDING MATERIALS SUCH AS SLIDES, POSTERS, LEAFLETS AND BROCHURES.

+THESE WILL ENABLE YOU TO TALK MORE CONFIDENTLY AND INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT YOUR HOMELAND, HE ADDED.

ON THE OTHER HAND, MR FRENCH EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD GAIN MOŘE FROM THE IR STAY THAN JUST ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS WHICH WERE RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY.

MR FRENCH CALLED ON STUDENTS TO OBTAIN THE BEST VALUE FROM THE IR STAY AND THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT AROSE TO VISIT DIFFERENT PLACES OF INTEREST, TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE, NOT ONLY THE BRITISH, BUT THOSE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.

+SUCH FRIENDSHIP, ONCE GAINED, CAN BE MAINTAINED AND CHERISHED FOR A LIFETIME, MR FRENCH SAID.

TODAY'S SEMINAR WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION ADVISORY SERVICE OF HANG SENG BANK AND THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

YOUTH MUSIC CAMP ENDS SUNDAY

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TO MARK THE CLOSE OF THE 1985 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH WILL HOLD A FINALE CONCERT AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON SATURDAY (AUGUST 3) AT 8 PM.

THE CONCERT WILL FEATURE PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE, MEMBERS OF WHICH HAVE JUST RECEIVED INTENSIVE MUSIC TRAINING FROM OVERSEAS GUEST MUSICIANS DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED MUSICIAN, MR SHALOM RONLY-RIKLIS, AND ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR (PROFESSIONAL) OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, MR THOMAS WANG, WILL BE THE CONDUCTORS WHILE THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER OF THE 1984 HONG KONG STRING CONTEST, MR IVAN CHAN, WILL BE THE VIOLIN SOLOIST.

/THE REPERTOIRE