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FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1989

AS A USEFUL REFERENCE, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT PUBLISHED A SET OF ACTIVITY GUIDELINES FOR DAY NURSERIES LAST YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, OUTLINING IN DETAIL THE NEEDS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN ALL THESE ASPECTS AND SUGGESTING SUITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM, SHE SAID.

MRS LI PAID TRIBUTE TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG.

1TS

PROVIDING

CARE

CENTRES, THE GROUP NOW OPERATES 11 CHILD CARE FOR OVER 1,000 CHILDREN, MOST OF THESE CENTRES HAVE INTEGRATED

CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR DISABLED

AND THE GROUP ALSO OPERATES A

TEMPORARY CHILD CARE SERVICE AT ONE OF ITS HOSPITALS.

HK YOUTH STRINGS CALIFORNIA TOUR

YOUTH STRINGS FROM

THE

TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MUSIC OFFICE WILL BE VISITING CALIFORNIA FROM JULY 28 TO AUGUST 12.

HEADED BY MISS LOLLY CHIU, MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR AND TOUR TOTAL OF SIX CONCERTS IN LOS DIRECTOR, THE ORCHESTRA WILL GIVE A ANGELES, DISNEYLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO DURING THE TOUR PERIOD.

APART FROM PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, THE ORCHESTRA EXCHANGE WITH OTHER ORCHESTRAS SUCH AS THE SOUTHWESTERN

COMMUNITY FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND THE CHINESE

CALIFORNIA.

ALSO VISIT LOCAL THEY WILL ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO.

THE ORCHESTRAL MEMBERS, AGED COMPLETED THREE MONTHS' INTENSIVE THOMAS WANG AND MR LUI MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE TOUR.

WILL HAVE MUSIC YOUTH MUSIC OF ORCHESTRA

SOUTHERN

CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS IN LOS

BETWEEN 14 AND

HAVE 23, TRAINING UNDER THE BATON OF

MUSIC DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT

JUST MR

KI-LING, THE

EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE AND VALUE OF THE TOUR, A MUSIC OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MUSIC OFFICE'S INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

AUDIENCES.

IN PERFORNING

AND EXPOSING

ΤΟ THEMSELVES

THE MUSIC OFFICE HAD SO FAR CONDUCTED TOURS TO FRANCE, CYPRUS, THE

KINGDOM, UNITED

JAPAN, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA, HE SAID.

ON THE

CHINA,

THE BACKGROUND OF

HONG KONG

YOUTH

DIFFERENT

ISRAEL,

ITALY

AND

STRINGS,

SPOKESMAN SAID THE 25 MEMBERS WERE THE FINEST STRING PLAYERS FROM HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

THE

THE

/THE YOUTH