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SATURDAY, JANUARI 3, 1901

HE GAVE A SHORT ACCOUNT OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WHICH HAD ENABLED RESIDENTS TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE YISITS TO DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS TO COLLECT VIEWS ON WAYS TO COMBAT CRIME, HE ADDED.

AT THE CEREMONY, SEVEN PEOPLE RECEIVED THE +KWUN TONG GOOD RESIDENTS AWARD+ FOR THEIR BRAVE ACTIONS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS IN FIGHTING CRIME.

WINNERS OF AN INTER-SCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION AND A PREVENTION OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION ALSO RECEIVED PRIZES.

AN EXHIBITION OF THE WINNING ENTRIES IN THE POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION, AND A DISPLAY ON THE DEEDS OF THE SEVEN +GOOD RESIDENTS+ WERE PUT ON DISPLAY AT THE VENUE,

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WITH MR YEUNG WERE THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI, POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER (SAU MAU PING), MR LAU YUK-KUEN, AND SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (KWUN TONG), MR TSE TAK-ON.

MUSIC TRAINEES SHOW THEIR SKILLS

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MORE THAN 200 TRAINEES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE PERFORMED BEFORE THEIR TEACHERS, PARENTS, FRIENDS AND GUESTS AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL TODAY (SATURDAY). THEY WERE TAKING PART IN THE ANNUAL STUDENTS' CONCERT.

BEFORE THE PERFORMANCES BEGAN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, DR BASIL DEANE, AND MRS DEANE OFFICIATED AT A CEREMONY IN WHICH OUTSTANDING TRAINEES, ORCHESTRAL, CHOIR AND BAND MEMBERS WERE GIVEN AWARDS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE PAST YEAR.

THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS HO, SAID IN HER WELCOMING SPEECH THAT THE AIM OF THE CONCERT WAS TO GIVE PARENTS AND TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE THEIR PROGRESS.

MRS HO ALSO THANKED SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, MUSIC TEACHERS AND PARENTS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT WITHOUT WHICH, SHE SAID, THE WORK OF THE MUSIC OFFICE COULD NOT BE DONE SUCCESSFULLY. THE CONCERT INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, CHINESE FOLK SINGING CHILDREN'S ENSEMBLE AND INDIVIDUAL TRAINEES IN STRING AND WIND INSTRUMENTS AND CHINESE MUSIC.

A HIGHLIGHT WAS SIBELIUS' +FINLANDIA PLAYED BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER THE BATON OF THE ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR (PROFESSIONAL), MR THOMAS WANG.

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