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SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1987

+THE CONTENTS OF THE SONGS PROVIDE AN INSIGHT TO THE VARYING LIFE-STYLES OF THE PEOPLE SUCH AS A VILLAGER'S DAILY ROUTINE, POPULAR LEGENDS, SCHOLARS EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS AND LOVERS' LAMENTS.

+ALL THE SONGS SHARE THE COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OF EXPRESSING THE FEELINGS OF THE COMPOSERS AS WELL AS THE SINGERS,+ MR HO SAID.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RURAL SAI KUNG FOLK SONGS CAN APPROACH THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

MR HO HOPED OTHER DISTRICTS WOULD FOLLOW SAI KUNG'S LEAD IN PRESERVING TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS SO THAT THE CULTURE HERITAGE OF THE TERRITORY COULD BE PASSED ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

+THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING RURAL SAI KUNG FOLK SONGS CAN CONTACT THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO FIND OUT ABOUT TRAINING CLASSES, SAID MR HO.

+THE WORK ING GROUP IS KEEPING CLOSE CONTACT WITH FOLK SONG SINGERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN A JOINT EFFORT TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE RURAL FOLK SONGS, HE ADDED.

MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME FOR STUDENTS

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATION FROM SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS TO JOIN A CENTRAL ISED MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME COMPRISING THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MUSIC COURSE, THE HIGHER LEVEL MUSIC COURSE AND THE ADVANCED LEVEL MUSIC COURSE.

THE CENTRALISED SCHEME IS AIMED AT CATERING FOR THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS INTENDING TO INCLUDE MUSIC AS A SUBJECT IN THE IR STUDIES.

THE TWO-YEAR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MUSIC COURSE WHICH FOLLOWS THE SYLLABUS REQUIREMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION IN MUSIC IS OFFERED TO FORM 3 STUDENTS.

STUDENTS STARTING THEIR SIXTH FORM STUDIES IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR CAN APPLY FOR EITHER THE ONE-YEAR HIGHER LEVEL MUSIC COURSE OR THE TWO-YEAR ADVANCED LEVEL MUSIC COURSE.

THE COURSES WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAYS, BUT THE ADVANCED LEVEL ONE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SESSION ON A WEEKDAY AFTER SCHOOL.

/NO FEES

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