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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1987

CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN ΤΟ PRODUCING TV ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (APIS) FOR THE PUBLICITY OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND TO HOLDING A WORKSHOP LATER THIS YEAR ON SPECIFIC AREAS RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN WORKING GROUP ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC MINDEDNESS, MR CHEUNG CHI-YUEN, WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE TO INCREASE CONTACT WITH DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS.

ON BEHALF OF THE WORKING GROUP, MR CHEUNG OUTLINED THEIR WORK IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

MRS FAN SAID AFTER THE MEETING THAT SHE HAD LEARNT A GREAT DEAL FROM THE DISCUSSION AND THE VIEWS EXCHANGED WOULD BE USEFUL TO THE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF ITS WORK.

THIS WAS THE FIRST DISTRICT VISIT BY THE COMMITTER AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR SIMILAR VISITS TO OTHER DISTRICTS LATER THIS YEAR.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THESE VISITS IS то FACILITATE EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE AND VIEWS BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

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YOUTH ORCHESTRA ON OVERSEAS TOUR

ORCHESTRA

WILL BE

SIXTY-EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY (YSO) FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH VISITING THE UNITED KINGDOM BETWEEN SATURDAY (AUGUST 8) TO AUGUST 23.

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ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE OVERSEAS TOUR AT A 'MEET-THE-MEDIA" SESSION TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS HO, SAID THE ORCHESTRA WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S EDINBURGH FESTIVAL OF BRITISH YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AND GIVE SEVEN CONCERTS IN EDINBURGH, MUSSELBURGH, STIRLING, LINCOLN AND LONDON DURING THE TOUR.

APART FROM PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, SHE SAID THE ORCHESTRA WOULD ALSO HAVE MUSIC EXCHANGES WITH OTHER ORCHESTRAS SUCH AS HELSINKI JUNIOR STRINGS AND LINCOLNSHIRE YOUTH ORCHESTRA.

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MRS HO SAID THE ORCHESTRAL MEMBERS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND

25 HAD JUST COMPLETED ONE MONTH'S

TRAINING UNDER THE BATON OF ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR (PROFESSIONAL), MR THOMAS WANG, AND RESIDENT CONDUCTOR OF THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, MISS YIP WING-SIE.

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