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TUESDAY, AUgust 27, 1901

YOUTH ORCHESTRA RECRUITS NEW MEMBERS

THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE Music OFFICE IS RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS FOR 1991/92.

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THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WAS FORMED IN WITH THE PRINCIPAL AIM OF PROVIDING TRAINEES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE ORCHESTRAL TRAINING.

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1978 WITH

OVER THE YEARS, THE ORCHESTRA HAS HELD REGULAR CONCERTS IN HONG KONG, AS WELL AS PERFORMING OVERSEAS IN AUSTRÁLIA, CYPRUS, FRANCE, ISRAEL, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SINGAPORE.

APPLICANTS SHOULD BE UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE AND HÅVE ÄTTÄINED GRADE SIX OR ABOVE IN THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAMINATION, OR EQUIVALENT, IN AT LEAST ONE ORCHESTRAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS SEPTEMBER 9. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL BE INVITED LATER TO AN AUDITION.

WAN

APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT ALL MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE. COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO TSUEN MUSIC CENTRE, SECOND FLOOR, CHEUNG YIU BUILDING, 167-173 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 492 8127.

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 42.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 250.550 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 310.654 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 53 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

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EXCHANGE FUND BILLS TENDER RESULTS

ISSUE NUMBER

AMOUNT APPLIED

AMOUNT ALLOTTED

AVERAGE ACCEPTED YIELD

TUESDAY 27 AUGUST 1991

Q135

HKD 1,857 MN

HKD 400 MN

5.57 PCT

/HIGHEST ACCEPTED