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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1986

A MUSIC OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SUPPORT FOR THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL BE INVOLVED IN A TOTAL OF FOUR CONCERTS DURING THE FESTIVAL.

TWO GUEST MUSICIANS FROM CHINA, MR CAO JIAN-GUO AND MR LIU CHONG-ZENG, WILL GIVE LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS AND MASTER CLASSES ON SHENG, SUO-NA, ER-HU AND BAN-HU. THESE WILL BE HELD AT VARIOUS MUSIC CENTRES RUN BY THE MUSIC OFFICE.

THE OPENING CONCERT AT 3 PM ON NOVEMBER 2 AND THE INTERFLOW CONCERT AT 7.30 PM ON NOVEMBER 8 WILL BE JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL ORGANISE A FREE CONCERT FOR STUDENTS ON NOVEMBER 4 AT THE YUEN LONG LUT SAU HALL. THIS CONCERT WILL FEATURE THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, AND BEGIN AT 11.30 AM.

ALSO ON NOVEMBER 4, THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL CO-PRESENT A FESTIVAL CONCERT AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL, BEGINNING AT 8 PM.

IT WILL FEATURE CHINESE FOLK SONGS AND OPERATIC MUSIC.

THE FINALE CONCERT, FEATURING THE GUEST MUSICIANS FROM CHINA, WINNERS OF LOCAL AWARDS OF CHINESE MUSIC AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA WILL BE HELD AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON NOVEMBER 9, STARTING AT 8 PM.

THE MUSIC OFFICE SPOKESMAN EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF CHINESE MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE SATISFYING ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PUBLIC.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MRS RITA FAN WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CONCERT AND ANOTHER COUNCILLOR, MR DANIEL TSE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE FINALE CONCERT.

A LIMITED NUMBER OF $5 TICKETS FOR THE OPENING, FESTIVAL AND THE FINALE CONCERTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT ALL MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AND AT THE COMPUTERISED BOX OFFICE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL. ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-458791 AND 0-4928127.

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