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SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1992

YOUTH ORCHESTRA TO STAGE CONCERT

THE 75-MEMBER HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL STAGE AN "ENCHANTING SYMPHONIC MUSIC" CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER 13 (SUNDAY) AT THE SHEUNG WAN CIVIC CENTRE THEATRE.

JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE CONCERT WILL BEGIN AT 7.30 PM.

UNDER THE BATON OF ITS CONDUCTOR, MR FUNG WING-KIT, THE ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY TWO CLASSICAL PIECES: BEETHOVEN'S "SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN C MAJOR, OP. 21" AND SCHUBERT'S "SYMPHONY NO. 7 IN C MAJOR",

OVER THE YEARS, THE ORCHESTRA HAS HELD REGULAR CONCERTS IN HONG KONG AND HAS PERFORMED OVERSEAS IN AUSTRALIA, CYPRUS, FRANCE, ISRAEL, UNITED KINGDOM AS WELL AS IN CHINA AND MACAU, WITH INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED MUSICIANS AND CONDUCTORS INCLUDING FOU TS'ONG, EDEN AND TAMIR, SHALOM RONLY-RIKLIS, GEORG TINTNER, SIR DAVID WILLCORKS, KENNETH TEAN AND WING-SEI YIP.

OTHER PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A JOINT CONCERT WITH THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ON THE 1987/88 SEASON, PRESENTATION BY THE URBAN COUNCIL IN ITS "PLATFORM FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES" IN 1987 AND TWO PERFORMANCES AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN 1988.

TICKETS AT $20 AND $30 EACH ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT URBTIX OUTLETS. ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TEL 802 0657.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS

$MILLION

OPENING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT

2,770

REVERSAL OF LAF

-1,000

BALANCE AFTER REVERSAL OF LAF

1,770 *

NET INJECTION/WITHDRAWAL TODAY

NIL

EFFECT OF LAF TODAY

NIL

CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT

1,770

* LAF TO BE REVERSED ON 17.8.92 -270 MN

LAF RATE 2.00 BID/4.00 OFFER