SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1987
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1 000 ATTEND CHILDREN'S CHOIR CONCERT
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ABOUT 1 000 PEOPLE WERE TREATED TO DELIGHTFUL PERFORMANCES BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR AT ITS ANNUAL CONCERT THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ALSO TOOK PART AND SANG THE +KOWLOON CITY SONG+ WITH THE CHOIR DURING THE CONCERT WHICH WAS HELD AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE.
THE CHOIR SANG A WIDE RENDITION OF SONGS INCLUDING FOLK SONGS, HYMNS AND CLASSICAL MUSIC. THE CONCERT WAS FOLLOWED BY A GATHERING FOR PARENTS AND INSTRUCTORS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE CHILDREN'S STANDARD IN MUSIC.
THE CHOIR WITH 70 MEMBERS, AGED BETWEEN NINE AND 16, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 WITH SUPPORT FROM THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, MUSIC OFFICE, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL LEADERS.
ITS AIM IS TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S INTEREST IN MUSIC AND TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF MUSIC THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCES. TODAY'S EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD AND JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG, ASSISTANT KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS DIANA TONG, AND URBAN COUNCIL MEMBER, MR PAO PING-WING, OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY.
REFRESHER COURSE FOR NON-GRADUATE ENGLISH TEACHERS
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THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH TO ATTEND TWO IDENTICAL REFRESHER COURSES WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN OVERSEAS LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING PROGRAMME IN BRITAIN.
THE 16-WEEK FULL-TIME REFRESHER COURSES' EACH LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS, ARE TO FAMILIARISE TEACHERS WITH PRESENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TO STRENGTHEN THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS. THE FIRST COURSE WILL START IN SEPTEMBER. FEES WILL BE CHARGED.
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